planet

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See also: Planet, planèt, and plånet

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”) (ellipsis of πλάνητες ἀστέρες (plánētes astéres, “wandering stars”)), from Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Latin pālor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), and Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt.

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Noun[edit]

planet (plural planets)

  1. (now historical or astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.]
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
      Be they not dreames of humane vanity, […] to make of our knowne earth a bright shining planet [transl. astre]?
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 288:
      The moon […] began to rise from her bed, where she had slumbered away the day, in order to sit up all night. Jones had not travelled far before he paid his compliments to that beautiful planet, and, turning to his companion, asked him if he had ever beheld so delicious an evening?
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 361:
      Another of Boehme's followers, the Welshman Morgan Llwyd, also believed that the seven planets could be found within man.
  2. (astronomy) A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.) [from 17thc.]
    • 1640, John Wilkins, A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets, title:
      A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets
    • 2006 December 22, Alok Jha, The Guardian:
      Their decision will force a rewrite of science textbooks because the solar system is now a place with eight planets and three newly defined "dwarf planets"—a new category of object that includes Pluto.
  3. A large body which directly orbits any star (or star cluster) but which has not attained nuclear fusion.
  4. In phrases such as the planet, this planet, sometimes refers to the Earth.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
      "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
    • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
      It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].

Usage notes[edit]

The term planet originally meant any star which wandered across the sky, and generally included comets and the Sun and Moon. With the Copernican revolution, the Earth was recognized as a planet, and the Sun was seen to be fundamentally different. The Galileian satellites of Jupiter were at first called planets (satellite planets), but later reclassified along with the Moon. The first asteroids were also thought to be planets, but were reclassified when it was realized that there were a great many of them, crossing each other's orbits, in a zone where only a single planet had been expected. Likewise, Pluto was found where an outer planet had been expected, but doubts were raised when it turned out to cross Neptune's orbit and to be much smaller than the expectation required. When Eris, an outer body more massive than Pluto, was discovered, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially defined the word planet as above. However, a significant minority have refused to accept the IAU definition. Many simply continue with the nine planets that had been recognized prior to the discovery of Eris. Others are of the opinion that orbital parameters should be irrelevant, and that any equilibrium (spherical) body in orbit around a star is a planet; there are likely several hundred such bodies in the Solar system. Still others argue that orbiting a star should also be irrelevant, thus re-accepting the Galileian satellites (as well as a dozen other moons) as planets.

Note that the 2006 IAU definition defines a planet in respect to the Sun, and is thus technically inapplicable to exoplanets.

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Translations[edit]

similar body in orbit around a star
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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg planet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • First Steps to Astronomy and Geography, 1828, (Hatchard & Son: Piccadilly, London).

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

planet m (indefinite plural planete, definite singular planeti, definite plural planetet)

  1. planet

Declension[edit]

declension of planet
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës) 		singular
(numri njëjës) 		plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore) 		planet planete planeti planetet
accusative
(kallëzore) 		planet planete planetin planetet
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së) 		planeti planeteve planetit planetevet
dative
(dhanore) 		planeti planeteve planetit planetevet
ablative
(rrjedhore) 		planeti planetesh planetit planetevet

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic планет
Roman planet
Perso-Arabic پلانئت‎

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin planēta and Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [pɫɑˈnet]
  • Hyphenation: pla‧net

Noun[edit]

planet (definite accusative planeti, plural planetlər)

  1. planet
    Synonym: səyyarə

Declension[edit]

Declension of planet
singular plural
nominative planet planetlər
definite accusative planetni planetləri
dative planetyə planetlərə
locative planetdə planetlərdə
ablative planetdən planetlərdən
definite genitive planetnin planetlərin
Possessive forms of planet
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) planetm planetlərim
sənin (“your”) planetn planetlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) planetsi planetləri
bizim (“our”) planetmiz planetlərimiz
sizin (“your”) planetniz planetləriniz
onların (“their”) planetsi or planetləri planetləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) planetmi planetlərimi
sənin (“your”) planetni planetlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) planetsini planetlərini
bizim (“our”) planetmizi planetlərimizi
sizin (“your”) planetnizi planetlərinizi
onların (“their”) planetsini or planetlərini planetlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) planetmə planetlərimə
sənin (“your”) planetnə planetlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) planetsinə planetlərinə
bizim (“our”) planetmizə planetlərimizə
sizin (“your”) planetnizə planetlərinizə
onların (“their”) planetsinə or planetlərinə planetlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) planetmdə planetlərimdə
sənin (“your”) planetndə planetlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) planetsində planetlərində
bizim (“our”) planetmizdə planetlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) planetnizdə planetlərinizdə
onların (“their”) planetsində or planetlərində planetlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) planetmdən planetlərimdən
sənin (“your”) planetndən planetlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) planetsindən planetlərindən
bizim (“our”) planetmizdən planetlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) planetnizdən planetlərinizdən
onların (“their”) planetsindən or planetlərindən planetlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) planetmin planetlərimin
sənin (“your”) planetnin planetlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) planetsinin planetlərinin
bizim (“our”) planetmizin planetlərimizin
sizin (“your”) planetnizin planetlərinizin
onların (“their”) planetsinin or planetlərinin planetlərinin

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

planet c (singular definite planeten, plural indefinite planeter)

  1. (astronomy) a planet

Inflection[edit]

Declension of planet
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative planet planeten planeter planeterne
genitive planets planetens planeters planeternes

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

planet

  1. second-person plural subjunctive I of planen

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

planet

  1. Alternative form of planete (“planet”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse planéta, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”).

Noun[edit]

planet m (definite singular planeten, indefinite plural planeter, definite plural planetene)

  1. a planet

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse planéta, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”).

Noun[edit]

planet m (definite singular planeten, indefinite plural planetar, definite plural planetane)

  1. a planet
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

planet n

  1. definite singular of plan

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Polish[edit]

Noun[edit]

planet f

  1. genitive plural of planeta

Romansch[edit]

Noun[edit]

planet m (plural planets)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) planet

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /plǎneːt/
  • Hyphenation: pla‧net

Noun[edit]

plànēt m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀не̄т)

  1. (usually Croatia) planet

Declension[edit]

Declension of planet
singular plural
nominative planet planeti
genitive planeta planeta
dative planetu planetima
accusative planet planete
vocative planete planeti
locative planetu planetima
instrumental planetom planetima

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

planẹ̑t m inan

  1. (astronomy) planet

Inflection[edit]

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. planét
gen. sing. planéta
singular dual plural
nominative planét planéta planéti
accusative planét planéta planéte
genitive planéta planétov planétov
dative planétu planétoma planétom
locative planétu planétih planétih
instrumental planétom planétoma planéti

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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

planet c

  1. (astronomy) planet
  2. definite singular of plan

Declension[edit]

Declension of planet 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative planet planeten planeter planeterna
Genitive planets planetens planeters planeternas

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French planète.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɫaˈnet/
  • Hyphenation: pla‧net

Noun[edit]

planet (definite accusative planeti, plural planetler)

  1. (astronomy, rare) planet
    Synonym: gezegen

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative planet
Definite accusative planeti
Singular Plural
Nominative planet planetler
Definite accusative planeti planetleri
Dative planete planetlere
Locative planette planetlerde
Ablative planetten planetlerden
Genitive planetin planetlerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular planetim planetlerim
2nd singular planetin planetlerin
3rd singular planeti planetleri
1st plural planetimiz planetlerimiz
2nd plural planetiniz planetleriniz
3rd plural planetleri planetleri
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