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From Middle English astronomie , astronemy , from Old French astronomie , equivalent to astro- + -nomy . Displaced native Old English tungolcræft .
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astronomy (usually uncountable , plural astronomies )
The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere , including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
( obsolete ) Astrology .
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The study of the physical processes which control matter and energy in the universe is commonly called astrophysics . The investigation of the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe itself is called cosmology .
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study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
Afrikaans: sterrekunde (af)
Albanian: astronomi (sq) f
Amharic: ሥነ ፈለክ ( śənä fäläk )
Arabic: فَلَك (ar) m ( falak ) , عِلْم الْفَلَك (ar) m ( ʕilm al-falak )
Armenian: աստղագիտություն (hy) ( astłagitutʿyun )
Aromanian: astrunumii f
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ f ( mmallut kāwḵḇē ) , ܐܲܣܛܪܘܿܢܘܿܡܝܼܵܐ f ( asṭronomīyā )
Asturian: astronomía f
Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata
Azerbaijani: astronomiya (az)
Basque: astronomia (eu)
Bavarian: Steankunde ?
Belarusian: астрано́мія f ( astranómija )
Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান (bn) ( jōtirbiggên ) , জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা (bn) ( jōtirbidda )
Breton: steredoniezh (br) f
Bulgarian: астроно́мия f ( astronómija )
Burmese: နက္ခတ္တဗေဒ (my) ( nakhkatta.beda. )
Catalan: astronomia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 天文學 / 天文学 ( tin1 man4 hok6 )
Mandarin: 天文學 / 天文学 (zh) ( tiānwénxué )
Min Nan: 天文學 / 天文学 ( thian-bûn-ha̍k )
Cornish: steronieth ?
Czech: hvězdářství n , astronomie (cs) f
Danish: astronomi (da) c
Dinka: ŋiɛ̈ckanhial
Dutch: astronomie (nl) f , sterrenkunde (nl) f
Esperanto: astronomio (eo)
Estonian: astronoomia (et) , täheteadus
Faroese: stjørnufrøði f
Finnish: tähtitiede (fi) , astronomia (fi)
French: astronomie (fr) f
Galician: astronomía (gl) f
Georgian: ასტრონომია ( asṭronomia )
German: Astronomie (de) f , Sternkunde (de) f , Himmelskunde f
Greek: αστρονομία (el) f ( astronomía )
Ancient: ἀστρονομία f ( astronomía )
Guaraní: mbyjakuaa
Gujarati: ખગોળ (gu) ? ( khagoḷ ) , ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર ? ( khagoḷśāstra )
Haitian Creole: astwonomi
Hawaiian: kilo hōkū
Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (he) f ( astronómya )
Hindi: खगोल शास्त्र m ( khagol śāstra )
Hungarian: csillagászat (hu) , asztronómia (hu)
Icelandic: stjörnufræði (is) f
Indonesian: astronomi (id) , ilmu falak , ilmu perbintangan
Interlingua: astronomia (ia)
Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ ( silasiorniq ) , ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅ ( silaryoaliriniq )
Irish: réalteolaíocht (ga) f
Italian: astronomia (it) f
Japanese: 天文学 (ja) ( てんもんがく, tenmongaku )
Javanese: Astronomi
Kabyle: ⵜⴰⵙⵏⴰⴳⴳⵓⵔⵜ ( tasnaggurt )
Kalmyk: астроном ( astronom )
Kannada: ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) ( khagōḷaśāstra )
Kazakh: жұлдызтану ( jūldyztanu ) , астрономия (kk) ( astronomiä )
Khmer: តារាសាស្ត្រ (km) ( taaraasaah ) , នក្ខត្តយោគ ( nĕəkkhattayook )
Korean: 천문학(天文學) (ko) ( cheonmunhak )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: stêrnasî (ku) , ezmannasî , stêrnasî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: астрономия (ky) ( astronomiya )
Lak: ціурттал элму ( cіurt:al elmu )
Lao: ດາລາສາດ (lo) ( dā lā sāt ) , ດາຣາສາດ ( dā rā sāt )
Latin: astrologia (la) f , ( Late ) astronomia (la) f
Latvian: astronomija (lv) f
Limburgish: starekunde ?
Lingala: mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ
Lithuanian: astronomija (lt) f
Macedonian: астрономија f ( astronomija )
Malagasy: astrônômia (mg)
Malay: astronomi (ms) , ilmu falak (ms) , kaji bintang , perbintangan (ms)
Malayalam: ജ്യോതിഃശാസ്ത്രം ( jyōtiḥśāstraṃ )
Maltese: astronomija f
Manx: rollageydys m
Maori: tātai arorangi , mātai arorangi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: одон орон (mn) ( odon oron ) , астрономи (mn) ( astronomi )
Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah
Norman: astronomie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: astronomi (no) m
Occitan: astronomia (oc) f
Old English: tungolcræft m
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: ستورپوهنه f ( storpohǝna ) , نجوم (ps) m ( nojum ) , ستاره شناسي f ( setāra šenāsī )
Persian: نجوم (fa) ( nojum ) , ستارهشناسی (fa) ( setâre-šenâsi ) , اخترشناسی (fa) ( axtaršenâsi )
Polish: astronomia (pl) f
Portuguese: astronomia (pt) f
Romanian: astronomie (ro) f
Romansch: astronomia f
Russian: астроно́мия (ru) f ( astronómija )
Sanskrit: खगोलशास्त्रम् n ( khagolaśāstram )
Scottish Gaelic: reul-eòlas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: астроно̀мија f , звјездозна́нство n
Roman: astronòmija (sh) f , zvjezdoznánstvo (sh) n
Sindhi: نَجمِيات (sd) , نَجمِيات (sd) ( najmiyaat )
Sinhalese: තාරකා විද්යාව ( tārakā widyāwa )
Slovak: hvezdárstvo f , astronómia (sk) f
Slovene: astronomija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hwězdarstwo n
Sotho: bolepi
Spanish: astronomía (es) f
Swahili: falaki (sw) , astronomia
Swedish: astronomi (sv) c
Tagalog: astronomiya , dalubtalaan ( neologism )
Tajik: нуҷум (tg) ( nujum ) , ситорашиносӣ (tg) ( sitorašinosī ) , ахтаршиносӣ ( axtaršinosī )
Tamil: வானியல் (ta) ( vāṉiyal )
Tatar: астрономия ( astronomiya )
Thai: ดาราศาสตร์ (th) ( daa-raa-sàat )
Turkish: gök bilimi (tr) ( seldom ) , astronomi (tr)
Turkmen: astronomiýa (tk)
Ukrainian: астроно́мія (uk) f ( astronómija )
Urdu: فلکیات f ( falkīyāt ) , نجمیات
Uyghur: ئاسترونومىيە ( astronomiye )
Uzbek: astronomiya (uz)
Vietnamese: thiên văn học (vi) (天文學 (vi) )
Volapük: stelav (vo)
Welsh: seryddiaeth (cy) f
West Frisian: stjerrekunde (fy) n
Yiddish: אַסטראָנאָמיע f ( astronomye )
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