astronomy

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Etymology

From Middle English astronomie, astronemy, from Old French astronomie, equivalent to astro- +‎ -nomy. Displaced native Old English tungolcræft.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi/, /æsˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

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.
2. (obsolete) Astrology.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:

     Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
     And yet methinks I have astronomy […]

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

• 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

• archaeoastronomy
• archeoastronomy
• astronomer
• bioastronomy
• ethnoastronomy
• paleoastronomy

 

Related terms

• astral
• astrologist
• astrology
• astrometry
• astronomer
• astronomical
• astronomically
• astrophysics

 

Translations

study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere

• Afrikaans: sterrekunde (af)
• Albanian: astronomi (sq) ?
• Arabic: فَلَك‎ (ar) m (falak), عِلْم اَلْفَلَك‎ (ar) m (ʿilm al-falak)
• Armenian: աստղագիտություն (hy) (astłagitutʿyun)
• Aromanian: astrunumii f
• Asturian: astronomía f
• Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata
• Azerbaijani: astronomiya (az)
• Basque: astronomia (eu)
• Bavarian: Steankunde ?
• Belarusian: астрано́мія f (astranómija)
• Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান (jjotirbiggan), জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা (bn) (jjotirbidja)
• 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 (zh), 天文学 (zh) (tiānwénxué)

  Min Nan: 天文學 (thian-bûn-ha̍k)

• Cornish: steronieth ?
• Czech: hvězdářství n, astronomie (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• 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: אסטרונומיה‎ (he) f
• 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 (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)
• Kannada: ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (khagōḷaśāstra)
• Kazakh: жұлдызтану (juldıztanw), астрономия (kk) (astronomïya)

• Khmer: តារាសាស្ត្រ (km) (taariəsaahtrɑɑ), នក្ខត្តយោគ (nɔɔkkhɑɑttɑɑyook)
• Korean: 천문학(天文學) (ko) (cheonmunhak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: stêrnasî (ku), ezmannasî, stêrnasî (ku) f

• Lak: ціурттал элму (cіurt:al elmu)
• Lao: ດາລາສາດ (lo) (dā lā sāt), ດາຣາສາດ (dā rā sāt)
• Latvian: astronomija (lv) ?
• Limburgish: starekunde ?
• Lingala: mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ
• Lithuanian: astronomija (lt) f
• Malagasy: astrônômia (mg)
• Malay: astronomi (ms), ilmu falak (ms), kaji bintang, perbintangan (ms)
• Malayalam: ജ്യോതിഃശാസ്ത്രം (jyōtiḥśāstraṃ)
• Manx: rollageydys m
• Maori: tātai arorangi, mātai arorangi
• Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah
• Norman: astronomie f
• Norwegian: astronomi (no) m
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Old English: tungolcræft m
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: نجوم‎ (fa), ستاره‌شناسی‎ (fa), اخترشناسی‎ (fa) (axtaršenāsī)
• Polish: astronomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: astronomia (pt) f
• Romanian: astronomie (ro) f
• Romansch: astronomia f
• Russian: астроно́мия (ru) f (astronómija)
• 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 ?

• Sotho: bolepi
• Spanish: astronomía (es) f
• Swahili: falaki (sw)
• Swedish: astronomi (sv) c
• Tagalog: astronomiya
• Tamil: வானியல் (ta) (vāṉiyal)
• Thai: ดาราศาสตร์ (th) (daa-raa-sàat)
• Turkish: gök bilimi (tr) (seldom), astronomi (tr)
• Ukrainian: астроно́мія (uk) f (astronómija)
• Urdu: فلکیات‎ f, نجمیات‎
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
• 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)

See also

• cosmology
• uranology
• starlore

References

• astronomy at OneLook Dictionary Search