astronomy

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɑnəˌmi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French astronomie, from Latin astronomia, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία (astronomía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”) + νόμος (nómos, “arranging, regulating”), related to νέμω (némō, “I deal out”). Surface analysis astro- +‎ -nomy.

Noun

astronomy (usually uncountable, plural astronomies)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• stargazing

Hypernyms

• science

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of astronomy

• archaeoastronomy
• archeoastronomy
• astronomer
• bioastronomy

• ethnoastronomy
• gravitational-wave astronomy
• infrared astronomy
• neutrino astronomy

• optical astronomy
• paleoastronomy
• radar astronomy

• radio astronomy
• ultraviolet astronomy
• X-ray astronomy

Derived terms

Terms derived from astronomy

• archaeoastronomy
• archeoastronomy

• astronomer
• bioastronomy

• ethnoastronomy

• paleoastronomy

Related terms

Related terms

• astral
• astrologist

• astrology
• astrometry

• astronomer
• astronomical

• astronomically
• astrophysics

Translations

study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere

• Afrikaans: Sterrekunde
• Albanian: astronomi (sq)
• Arabic: فلك‏‎, عِلْم اَلْفَلَك‏‎ m (ʿilm al-falak)
• Armenian: աստղագիտություն (hy) (astłagitutʿyun)
• Asturian: astronomía f
• Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata
• Azeri: astronomiya (az)
• Basque: astronomia (eu)
• Bavarian: Steankunde
• Belarusian: астрано́мія (astranómija)
• Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান (jyotirbiggan), জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা (bn) (jyotirbidya)
• Breton: steredoniezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: астроно́мия f (astronómija)
• Catalan: astronomia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天文學, 天文学 (tin¹ man⁴ hok⁶)

  Mandarin: 天文學 (zh), 天文学 (zh) (tiānwénxué)

  Min Nan: 天文學 (thian-bûn-ha̍k)

• Cornish: steronieth
• Czech: hvězdářství n, astronomie (cs) f
• Dinka: ŋiɛ̈ckanhial
• Dutch: astronomie (nl) f, sterrenkunde (nl) f
• 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), Himmelskunde f

  Alemannic German: Sternkunde

• Greek: αστρονομία (el) f (astronomía)

  Ancient: ἀστρονομία f (astronomía)

• Guaraní: mbyjakuaa
• Gujarati: ખગોળ (gu) (khagōḷ), ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર (khagōḷśāstra)
• Haitian Creole: astwonomi
• Hawaiian: kilo hōkū
• Hebrew: אסטרונומיה‏‎ (he) f
• Hindi: खगोल शास्त्र m (khagōl śāstra)
• Hungarian: csillagászat (hu), asztronómia (hu)
• Icelandic: stjörnufræði (is) f
• Indonesian: astronomi (id)
• Interlingua: astronomia (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ (silasiurniq), ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅ (silarjualiriniq)
• 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)
• Korean: 천문학 (ko) (cheonmunhak) (天文學 (ko))
• Kurdish: stêrnasî‏‎ (ku), ezmannasî‏‎

  Kurmanji: stêrnasî (ku) f

• Lak: цiурттал элму (ciurt̄al ə̱lmu)
• Latvian: astronomija (lv)
• Limburgish: starekunde
• Lingala: mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ
• Lithuanian: astronomija (lt) f
• Malagasy: astrônômia (mg)
• Malay: astronomi, ilmu falak, kaji bintang
• Manx: rollageydys
• Maori: tātai arorangi
• Nahuatl: ilhuicamatiliztli
• Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah
• Norman: astronomie f
• Norwegian: astronomi (no) m
• Old English: tungolcræft
• Persian: نجوم‏‎ (fa), ستاره‌شناسی‏‎ (fa)
• Polish: astronomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: astronomia (pt) f
• Romanian: astronomie (ro) f
• Romansch: astronomia f
• Russian: астроно́мия (ru) f (astronómija)
• Scottish Gaelic: speuradaireachd f, reul-eòlas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астрономија f, звјездознанство n

  Roman: astronomija (sh) f, zvjezdoznanstvo (sh) n

• Sindhi: نَجمِيات‏‎, نَجمِيات‏‎ (najmiyaat)
• Sinhalese: තාරකා විද්‍යාව (tārakā vid‍yāva)
• Slovak: hvezdárstvo f, astronómia (sk) f
• Slovene: astronomija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: hwězdarstwo

• Sotho: bolepi
• Spanish: astronomía (es) f
• Swahili: falaki (sw)
• Swedish: astronomi (sv) c
• Tagalog: astronomiya, dalubtalaan
• Tamil: வானியல் (ta) (vāṉiyal)
• Thai: ดาราศาสตร์ (daa-raa-sàat)
• Turkish: gök bilimi (tr) (seldom), astronomi (tr)
• Ukrainian: Астроно́мія (Astronómija)
• Vietnamese: thiên văn học (vi) (天文學)
• Volapük: stelav (vo)
• Welsh: seryddiaeth (cy) f
• West Frisian: stjerrekunde (fy) n
• Yiddish: אַסטראָנמיע‏‎ f (astronmye)

See also

• cosmology
• uranology
• starlore