satellite

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English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French satellite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin satelles (attendant). Ultimately perhaps of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

satellite (plural satellites)

  1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]
    The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
    A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
  2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]
    Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
  3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]
  4. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
    • Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
    • 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, p.348:
      [] he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest []. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer [].
    • 1948, Willard E. Hawkins, The Technique of Fiction: A Basic Course in Story Writing, p.169:
      The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance [].
  5. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]
    Do you have satellite at your house?
  6. (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".

Usage notes

  • The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.

Synonyms

  • (artificial orbital body): sat (abbreviation)

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Translations

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satellitem (accusative singular of satelles).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.tɛ.lit/ ~ /sa.te.lit/, /sa.te.lit/
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Noun

satellite m (plural satellites)

  1. satellite (moon or other celestial body)
  2. satellite (man-made apparatus)

Adjective

satellite (plural satellites)

  1. satellite, from or relating to a satellite (man-made apparatus)
    • 2013, Jean-Noël Marien, Émilien Dubiez, Dominique Louppe, Adélaïde Larzillière, Quand la ville mange la forêt: les défis du bois-énergie en Afrique centrale, page 45, →ISBN
      Le couvert végétal du basin d’approvisionnement en bois-énergie de la ville de Kinshasa a été cartographié par images satellites

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Further reading


Italian

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin satelles (attendant), perhaps of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

satellite m (plural satelliti)

  1. satellite

Anagrams


Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) satellite

  1. ablative singular of satelles

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satellitem, accusative singular of satelles.

Noun

satellite m (plural satellites)

  1. (military, Antiquity) a guard or watchman

Descendants

  • English: satellite
  • French: satellite

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (satellite, supplement)

Norman

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Noun

satellite f (plural satellites)

  1. (Jersey) satellite

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