galactic

See also: Galactic and galàctic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlæktɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪk

Adjective

galactic (comparative more galactic, superlative most galactic)

1. Relating to a galaxy.
   1. (astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.

      Synonym: Galactic

      Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way.

2. (figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).
   • 1998, Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War II:

     The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact, […]

   • 1999, Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, Egg & ego: an almost true story of life in the biology lab, page 65:

     For a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal?

   • 2007, Jeffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 128:

     “Yes, his heart is one of galactic proportions.”

   • 2008, José D. Roncal, José N. Abbo, The Big Gamble: Are You Investing Or Speculating?, page 94:

     The credit crunch became a mess of galactic proportions.

3. (medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.

   galactic acid

Hyponyms

• Galactic

 

Derived terms

• active galactic nucleus
• extragalactic
• Galactic
• galactic arm
• galactic bulge
• galactic cannibalism
• galactic center
• galactic core
• galactic disc
• galactic habitable zone
• galactic halo
• galactic nucleus
• galactic year
• intergalactic
• intragalactic
• non-galactic
• supergalactic
• transgalactic

 

Related terms

• galaxy

 

Translations

(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk

• Bulgarian: млечен (bg) (mlečen)
• Finnish: maito- (fi)
• French: galactique (fr) m or f (dated), lactique (fr) m or f
• German: Milch-
• Romanian: lactic (ro)

relating to a/the galaxy

• Albanian: galaktik
• Arabic: مَجَرِّيّ (majarriyy)
• Armenian: գալակտիկական (hy) (galaktikakan)
• Belarusian: галакты́чны (halaktýčny)
• Bulgarian: галактичен (galaktičen)
• Catalan: galàctic (ca)
• Czech: galaktický (cs)
• Danish: galaktisk
• Dutch: galactisch (nl)
• Esperanto: galaksia
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: linnunrata-
• French: galactique (fr)
• Friulian: galatic
• Galician: galáctico
• Georgian: გალაქტიკური (galakṭiḳuri)
• German: galaktisch (de)
• Hungarian: galaktikus (hu)
• Ido: galaxiala (io)
• Italian: galattico (it)
• Kazakh: галактикалық (galaktikalyq)
• Latin: galacticus m, galactica f, galacticum n
• Norman: galactique
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: galaktisk

  Nynorsk: galaktisk

• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: galaktyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: galático
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: galactic (ro)
• Russian: галактический (ru) (galaktičeskij)
• Spanish: galáctico (es)
• Swedish: galaktisk (sv), galax-
• Tagalog: sanlibutnin
• Turkish: galaktik, galaksiyle alakalı/ilgili
• Ukrainian: галакти́чний (halaktýčnyj)

(figuratively) enormous

• Bulgarian: огромен (bg) (ogromen)
• Finnish: tähtitieteellinen (fi)
• French: astronomique (fr) m or f, colossal (fr), titanesque (fr) m or f, monumental (fr), phénoménal (fr)
• German: astronomisch (de)
• Romanian: astronomic (ro)
• Russian: астрономический (ru) (astronomičeskij)
• Turkish: astronomik (tr)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galactique.

Adjective

galactic m or n (feminine singular galactică, masculine plural galactici, feminine and neuter plural galactice)

1. galactic

Declension

Declension of galactic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	galactic		galactică	galactici	galactice
	definite	galacticul		galactica	galacticii	galacticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	galactic		galactice	galactici	galactice
	definite	galacticului		galacticei	galacticilor	galacticelor