astronomer

English

Etymology

From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɑ.nə.mɚ/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɔn.ə.mə/

Noun

astronomer (plural astronomers)

2. (astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
   • 2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.

   • 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.

Synonyms

• astro-boffin (UK, informal)
• astronomist (rare)

Hyponyms

• (female): astronomeress, astronomess

Derived terms

• archaeoastronomer
• astronomeress
• astronomer-priest
• bioastronomer
• ethnoastronomer
• nonastronomer
• radio astronomer
• radioastronomer

Related terms

• Astronomer Royal

Translations

one who studies astronomy

• Afrikaans: sterrekundige
• Albanian: astronom (sq)
• Arabic: عَالِم فَلَك m (ʕālim falak), فَلَكِي m (falakī), فَلَكِيَة f (falakiya)
• Armenian: աստղաբաշխ (hy) (astġabašx), աստղագետ (hy) (astġaget)
• Asturian: astrónomu m
• Azerbaijani: astronom
• Basque: astronomo (eu)
• Belarusian: астрано́м m (astranóm)
• Bulgarian: астроно́м m (astronóm), астроно́мка f (astronómka)
• Catalan: astrònom (ca) m, astrònoma (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天文學家 / 天文学家 (zh) (tiānwénxuéjiā)

• Czech: hvězdář (cs) m, astronom (cs) m, astronomka (cs) f
• Danish: astronom (da) c
• Dutch: astronoom (nl) m, sterrenkundige (nl) c
• Esperanto: (♂♀) astronomo (eo), (♀) astronomino
• Estonian: astronoom
• Faroese: stjørnufrøðingur m
• Finnish: tähtitieteilijä (fi), astronomi (fi)
• French: astronome (fr) m or f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: stjerrekundige c

• Galician: astrónomo (gl) m
• Georgian: ასტრონომი (asṭronomi)
• German: Astronom (de) m, Astronomus m, Himmelskundler m, Sternkundiger m; (♀) Astronomin (de) f
• Greek: αστρονόμος (el) m or f (astronómos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀστρονόμος m (astronómos)

• Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹנוֹם (he) m (astrónom), אסטרונוםית f (astrónomit)
• Hindi: खगोल विज्ञानी m (khagol vijñānī), खगोलशास्त्री m (khagolśāstrī)
• Hungarian: csillagász (hu)
• Ido: astronomo (io)
• Indonesian: astronom (id)
• Ingrian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: réalteolaí m
• Italian: astronomo (it) m, astronoma f
• Japanese: 天文学者 (ja) (tenmon-gakusha)
• Kashubian: astronóm m
• Kazakh: астроном (astronom), жұлдызшы (jūldyzşy)
• Korean: 천문학자(天文學者) (ko) (cheonmunhakja)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەستێرەناس (estêrenas)

• Kyrgyz: астроном (ky) (astronom)
• Lao: ນັກດາລາສາດ (nak dā lā sāt)
• Latin: astrologus (la) m, (Late) astronomus m
• Latvian: astronoms m, astronome f
• Lithuanian: astronomas (lt) m, astronomienė f
• Macedonian: астроном m (astronom)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: одон оронч (odon oronč), одон орон судлаач (odon oron sudlaač), астрономич (astronomič)

  Mongolian script: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ
  ᠣᠷᠤᠨᠴᠢ (odun orunči), ᠣᠳᠤᠨ
  ᠣᠷᠤᠨ
  ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠴᠢ (odun orun suduluɣači), ᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠤᠨᠤᠮᠢᠴᠢ (astrunumiči)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: astronom m

  Nynorsk: astronom (nn) m

• Old English: tungolcræftiga m
• Persian: ستاره‌شناس (setâre-šenâs), اخترشناس (fa) (axtar-šenâs), اخترمار (fa) (axtarmâr)

  Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭥 (ʾḥtʿmʾʿ /⁠axtarmār⁠/)

• Polish: astronom (pl) m or f, astronomka (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: astrônomo (pt) m, astrônoma f

  European Portuguese: astrónomo (pt) m, astrónoma f

• Romanian: astronom (ro) m, astronomă (ro) f
• Russian: астроно́м (ru) m (astronóm)
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астроном m, звездар m, звездарица f, звјездозна́нац m (archaic)

  Latin: astronom (sh) m, zvezdar m, zvezdarica f, zvjezdoznanac (sh) m (archaic)

• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: hvezdár m, astronóm m
• Slovene: astronom (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

  Upper Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

• Sotho: molepi
• Spanish: astrónomo (es) m, astrónoma (es) f
• Swedish: astronom (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubtala
• Thai: นักดาราศาสตร์ (nák-daa-raa-sàat)
• Turkish: gök bilimci (tr), astronom (tr), uzay bilimci
• Ukrainian: астроно́м (uk) m (astronóm)
• Vietnamese: nhà thiên văn học (家天文學)
• Volapük: stelavan (vo)
• Welsh: seronydd m, serydd m

See also

• cosmologist

Anagrams

• Monterrosa, ramosetron

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

astronomer m

1. indefinite plural of astronom

Swedish

Noun

astronomer

1. indefinite plural of astronom

Anagrams

• motorernas