astronomy

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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:

     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: فلك‎ (ar) ?, عِلْم اَلْفَلَك‎ (ar) m (ʿilm al-falak)
• Armenian: աստղագիտություն (hy) (astłagitutʿyun)
• Asturian: astronomía f
• Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata
• Azerbaijani: astronomiya (az)
• Basque: astronomia (eu)
• Bavarian: Steankunde ?
• Belarusian: астрано́мія ? (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
• 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) ?, Himmelskunde f

  Alemannic German: Sternkunde ?

• 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)
• Interlingua: astronomia (ia)
• Interlingue: astronomie
• 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 (ku)

  Kurmanji: stêrnasî (ku) f

• Lak: ціурттал элму (cіurt̄al 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 m
• Maori: tātai arorangi, mātai arorangi
• Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah
• Norman: astronomie f
• Norwegian: astronomi (no) m
• Old English: tungolcræft ?
• 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: speuradaireachd f, 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 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 (th) (daa-raa-sàat)
• Turkish: gök bilimi (tr) (seldom), astronomi (tr)
• Ukrainian: астроно́мія (uk) f (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