argonaut

See also: Argonaut

English

argonaut (sense 1)

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

2. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
   • 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:

     Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.

3. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
4. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Derived terms

• greater argonaut
• jargonaut

Translations

a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta

• Estonian: argonaut (et)
• Fijian: vocenikuita
• French: argonaute (fr)
• Hawaiian: moamoa waʻa, ʻauwaʻalālua
• Māori: muheke
• Polish: argonauta (pl) m, żeglarek m
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m or f
• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)

an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest

• Catalan: argonauta (ca) m
• Estonian: laevuke, argonaut (et)
• French: argonaute (fr)
• Greek: αργοναύτης m (argonáftis)
• Polish: argonauta (pl) m
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m or f
• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)
• Swedish: argonaut (sv) c

Further reading

• argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Argonauta, which, like Argonaut (“legendary Greek sailor on the Argo”) is taken from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑr.ɣoːˈnɑu̯t/
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
• Homophone: Argonaut

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonauten, diminutive argonautje n)

1. argonaut (octopus of family Argonautidae)
2. (particularly) greater argonaut (Argonauta argo)

Further reading

• Argonautidae on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French argonaute.

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonauți)

1. argonaut

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	argonaut	argonautul	argonauți	argonauții
genitive-dative	argonaut	argonautului	argonauți	argonauților
vocative	argonautule		argonauților