Copernicus

English

Etymology

Latin Copernicus.

Proper noun

Copernicus

1. Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

Derived terms

• Copernican

Translations

surname of Nicolaus Copernicus

• Arabic: كُوبِرْنِيكُوس m (kubirnikus)
• Catalan: Copèrnic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哥白尼 (zh) (Gēbáiní)

• Czech: Koperník m
• Danish: Kopernikus
• Finnish: Kopernikus
• German: Copernicus, Kopernikus m, Koppernick
• Greek: Κοπέρνικος m (Kopérnikos)
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• Hindi: कोपरनिकस (koparnikas)
• Italian: Copernico m
• Japanese: コペルニクス (Koperunikusu)
• Korean: 코페르니쿠스 (Kopereunikuseu)
• Persian: کوپرنیک (Kupernik)
• Polish: Kopernik (pl) m
• Portuguese: Copérnico m
• Russian: Копе́рник m (Kopérnik)
• Spanish: Copérnico

Anagrams

• superconic

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Latin

Proper noun

Copernicus m sg (genitive Copernicī); second declension

1. a surname

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Copernicus
Genitive	Copernicī
Dative	Copernicō
Accusative	Copernicum
Ablative	Copernicō
Vocative	Copernice

Descendants

• English: Copernicus
• German: Copernicus, Kopernikus