galaxia

See also: Galaxia, galáxia, and galàxia

Galician

Alternative forms

• galáxia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaksja/ [ɡɑˈlɑk.s̺jɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaˈlaksja/ [ɡɑˈlɑk.s̺jɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaˈlaksja/ [ħɑˈlɑk.s̺jɐ]

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• Rhymes: -aksja
• Hyphenation: ga‧la‧xia

Noun

galaxia f (plural galaxias)

1. galaxy

Derived terms

• galaxia anana (“dwarf galaxy”)
• galaxia elíptica (“elliptical galaxy”)
• galaxia espiral (“spiral galaxy”)
• galaxia espiral barrada (“barred spiral galaxy”)
• galaxia irregular (“irregular galaxy”)
• galaxia lenticular (“lenticular galaxy”)
• galaxia starburst (“starburst galaxy”)

Related terms

• galáctico

Further reading

• “galaxia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galaxia, Portuguese galáxia, French galaxie, German Galaxie, Russian гала́ктика (galáktika) and English galaxy, all ultimately from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías).

Noun

galaxia (plural galaxias)

1. galaxy

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈɫak.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈlak.si.a]

Noun

galaxia f (genitive galaxiae); first declension

1. alternative form of galaxias

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	galaxia	galaxiae
genitive	galaxiae	galaxiārum
dative	galaxiae	galaxiīs
accusative	galaxiam	galaxiās
ablative	galaxiā	galaxiīs
vocative	galaxia	galaxiae

Noun

galaxiā

1. ablative/vocative singular of galaxiās

References

• "galaxia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

galaxia f (plural galaxias)

1. (astronomy) galaxy

Derived terms

• Galaxia

Related terms

• galactic
• intergalactic

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalaksi̯a]

Noun

galaxia f (relational adjective galaktický)

1. galaxy

Declension

Declension of galaxia
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	galaxia	galaxie
genitive	galaxie	galaxií
dative	galaxii	galaxiám
accusative	galaxiu	galaxie
locative	galaxii	galaxiách
instrumental	galaxiou	galaxiami

Further reading

• “galaxia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaɡsja/ [ɡaˈlaɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -aɡsja
• Syllabification: ga‧la‧xia

Noun

galaxia f (plural galaxias)

1. galaxy

Derived terms

• galaxia enana
• galaxia espiral (“spiral galaxy”)
• galaxia lenticular (“lenticular galaxy”)

Related terms

• galáctico

Further reading

• “galaxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024