astronaut

See also: Astronaut

English

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astronaut

Wikipedia

Etymology

From astro- +‎ -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăsʹtrənôt'
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹəˌnɑt/

    • Audio (Canada):

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

astronaut (plural astronauts)

1. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
   1. An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
      • 2013, Edward Clinton Ezell, Linda Neuman Ezell, The Partnership: A NASA History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Courier Corporation, →ISBN:

        Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings.

2. (Hong Kong) A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.

Synonyms

• cosmonaut

Hyponyms

• astronautess
• spationaut
• taikonaut
• vyomanaut

Derived terms

• actornaut
• Afronaut
• ancient astronaut
• astronaut ice cream
• astronaut maneuvering unit
• astronaut propulsion unit
• astronautrix
• astronautte
• astronette
• chimponaut
• fapstronaut
• Nastronaut
• para-astronaut
• touronaut

Related terms

• aeronaut
• astronautic
• astronautical
• astronautics
• cosmonaut
• space cadet
• taikonaut
• vyomanaut

Translations

member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut

Afrikaans: astronout Albanian: astronaut (sq) m, kosmonaut m Arabic: رَجُل فَضَاء m (rajul faḍāʔ), رَائِد فَضَاء m (rāʔid faḍāʔ), مَلَّاح فَضَائِيّ m (mallāḥ faḍāʔiyy) Egyptian Arabic: رائد فضاء m (rāʔed faḍāʔ) Armenian: աստղագնաց (hy) (astġagnacʻ) Assamese: মহাকাশচাৰী (mohakaxsari) Asturian: astronauta m or f Azerbaijani: astronavt, kosmonavt Bashkir: астронавт (astronavt), космонавт (kosmonavt) Belarusian: касмана́ўт m (kasmanáŭt), касмана́ўтка f (kasmanáŭtka), астрана́ўт m (astranáŭt), астрана́ўтка f (astranáŭtka) Bengali: নভোচারী (bn) (nobhōcari) Bulgarian: астрона́вт m (astronávt), астрона́втка f (astronávtka), космона́вт (bg) m (kosmonávt), космона́втка f (kosmonávtka) Burmese: အာကာသယာဉ်မှူး (akasa.yanyhmu:) Carpathian Rusyn: козмона́вт m (kozmonávt) Catalan: astronauta (ca) m or f Chinese: Cantonese: 太空人 (taai3 hung1 jan4), 宇航員 / 宇航员 (jyu5 hong4 jyun4), 航天員 / 航天员 (hong4 tin1 jyun4), 宇宙飛行員 / 宇宙飞行员 (jyu5 zau6 fei1 hang4 jyun4) Mandarin: 太空人 (zh) (tàikōngrén), 宇航員 / 宇航员 (zh) (yǔhángyuán), 航天員 / 航天员 (zh) (hángtiānyuán), 宇宙飛行員 / 宇宙飞行员 (yǔzhòu fēixíngyuán) Chukchi: риӈэнэӈэткульын (riṇėnėṇėtkulʹyn) Cornish: stervarner m, stervarnores f, den efanvos m, benyn efanvos f Czech: kosmonaut (cs) m, astronaut (cs) m Danish: astronaut (da) c Dutch: ruimtevaarder (nl) m, astronaut (nl) m, astronaute (nl) f Erzya: тештюиця (tešťujića) Esperanto: astronaŭto, astronaŭtino (female), kosmonaŭto, kosmonaŭtino (female) Estonian: kosmoselendur, kosmonaut (RU), astronaut (et) (US), tähelendur, taikonaut (CN) Faroese: rúmdarmaður m, rúmdarfari m Finnish: astronautti (fi), avaruuslentäjä (fi) French: astronaute (fr) m or f Galician: astronauta (gl) m or f Georgian: ასტრონავტი (asṭronavṭi), კოსმონავტი (ḳosmonavṭi) German: Astronaut (de) m, Raumfahrer (de) m, Kosmonaut (de) m, Weltraumpilot m, Raumpilot m Greek: αστροναύτης (el) m (astronáftis) Gujarati: અવકાશયાત્રી (avakāśyātrī) Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹנָאוּט (he) m (astronáut) Hindi: अंतरिक्ष यात्री m (antrikṣ yātrī), अंतरिक्षयात्री m (antrikṣayātrī), खगोलयात्री m (khagolyātrī), खगोलबाज़ m (khagolbāz) Hungarian: űrhajós (hu), asztronauta (hu) Icelandic: geimfari (is) m Ido: astronauto (io) Indonesian: astronot (id), antariksawan (id) Irish: spásaire m Italian: astronauta (it) m or f Japanese: 宇宙飛行士 (ja) (うちゅうひこうし, uchū hikōshi), アストロノート (ja) (asutoronōto), 宇宙人 (ja) (うちゅうじん, uchūjin) Kannada: ಗಗನಯಾತ್ರಿ (kn) (gaganayātri) Kazakh: ғарышкер (kk) (ğaryşker), астронавт (astronavt), космонавт (kosmonavt) Khmer: អវកាសយានិក (ʼaʼvĕəʼkaah yiənɨk) Korean: 우주비행사(宇宙飛行士) (ko) (ujubihaengsa) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: astronot (ku) Kyrgyz: астронавт (ky) (astronavt), космонавт (kosmonavt) Lao: ນັກອະວະກາດ (nak ʼa wa kāt), ມະນຸດອະວະກາດ (ma nut ʼa wa kāt) Latvian: astronauts m, astronaute f Lithuanian: astronautas m, astronautė f Macedonian: космона́ут m (kosmonáut), космона́утка f (kosmonáutka), астрона́ут m (astronáut), астрона́утка f (astronáutka) Malay: angkasawan (ms) Malayalam: ബഹിരാകാശസഞ്ചാരി (bahirākāśasañcāri) Maori: kaipōkai tuarangi Marathi: अंतराळयात्री (antrāḷyātrī) Mongolian: Cyrillic: сансрын нисэгч (sansryn nisegč), астронавт (astronavt), огторгуй судлаач (ogtorguj sudlaač) Navajo: wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí Norwegian: Bokmål: astronaut m Odia: ମହାକାଶଚାରୀ (mahākāśacāri) Pashto: خلاباز m (xalābāz), ستور يونی m (stor yunay), ستورمزلی m (stormazalay) Persian: Iranian Persian: فَضانَوَرْد (fa) (fazânavard), کِیْهان‌نَوَرْد (keyhân-navard) Polish: astronauta (pl) m, astronautka (pl) f, kosmonauta (pl) m, kosmonautka (pl) f Portuguese: astronauta (pt) m or f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਖਗੋਲਯਾਤਰੀ (khagolyātarī) Romanian: astronaut (ro) m, astronaută f Russian: космона́вт (ru) m (kosmonávt), космона́втка (ru) f (kosmonávtka), астрона́вт (ru) m (astronávt), астрона́втка (ru) f (astronávtka) (US) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: астрона̀ут m, козмона̀ут m, космона̀ут m Roman: astronàut (sh) m, kozmonàut (sh) m, kosmonàut (sh) m Slovak: astronaut m, kozmonaut m Slovene: astronavt (sl) m, astronavtka f Spanish: astronauta (es) m or f Swahili: mwanaanga class I Swedish: astronaut (sv) c Tagalog: malintala, astronaut Tajik: кайҳоннавард (kayhonnavard), фазонавард (fazonavard), астронавт (astronavt), космонавт (kosmonavt) Tamil: விண்ணோடி (viṇṇōṭi) Tatar: галәмче (ğalämçe), астронавт (astronawt), космонавт (qosmonawt) Telugu: వ్యోమగామి (te) (vyōmagāmi) Thai: มนุษย์อวกาศ (th) (má-nút-à-wá-gàat) Turkish: astronot (tr), uzay adamı (tr), uçurcu Turkmen: kosmonawt, astronawt (tk) Ukrainian: космона́вт m (kosmonávt), космона́втка f (kosmonávtka), астрона́вт (uk) m (astronávt), астрона́втка f (astronávtka) Urdu: خَلا نَوَرْد m (xalā navard), خَلانَوَرْد m (xalānavard), خَلاء نَوَرْد m (xalā' navard), خَلا باز m (xalā bāz), خَلاء باز m (xalā' bāz) Uyghur: ئالەم ئۇچقۇچىسى (alem uchquchisi) Uzbek: kosmonavt (uz), astronavt (uz), fazogir (uz) Vietnamese: nhà du hành vũ trụ, phi hành gia (飛行家) Volapük: sinafan Yiddish: אַסטראָנויט m (astronoyt)

Albanian

Noun

astronaut

1. astronaut, cosmonaut

   Synonym: kosmonaut

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, astro- +‎ -naut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈastronau̯t]

• Audio:

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Noun

astronaut m anim (female equivalent astronautka)

1. astronaut, cosmonaut

   Synonym: kosmonaut

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	astronaut	astronauti, astronauté
genitive	astronauta	astronautů
dative	astronautovi, astronautu	astronautům
accusative	astronauta	astronauty
vocative	astronaute	astronauti, astronauté
locative	astronautovi, astronautu	astronautech
instrumental	astronautem	astronauty

Declension of astronaut (hard masculine animate)

Related terms

• astronautika

Further reading

• “astronaut”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “astronaut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “astronaut”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “astronaut” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /astronavt/, [asd̥ʁoˈnɑwˀd̥]

Noun

astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)

1. astronaut

Inflection

Declension of astronaut

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	astronaut	astronauten	astronauter	astronauterne
genitive	astronauts	astronautens	astronauters	astronauternes

Related terms

• kosmonaut

Further reading

• astronaut on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English astronaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.stroːˈnɑu̯t/, /ˌɑs.troːˈnɑu̯t/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: as‧tro‧naut
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje n, feminine astronaute)

1. a (male) astronaut [from early 1950s]

   Synonyms: kosmonaut, ruimtevaarder

   De astronaut bereidt zich voor op een wandeling in de ruimte. ― The astronaut is preparing for a spacewalk.

   Als kind droomde hij ervan om astronaut te worden. ― As a child, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut.

   De training van een astronaut is intensief en uitdagend. ― The training of an astronaut is intensive and challenging.

Derived terms

• astronautisch

Related terms

• astronautiek

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• astronot

Etymology

From English astronaut.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /astroˈnaut/ [as.t̪roˈna.ʊt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -aut
  • Syllabification: as‧tro‧naut
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /asˈtrɔnɔt/ [asˈt̪rɔ.nɔt̪̚]

Noun

astronaut (plural astronaut-astronaut or para astronaut)

1. astronaut

   Synonyms: angkasawan, antariksawan, kosmonaut

Further reading

• “astronaut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Romfarer

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From English astronaut.

Noun

astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronauter, definite plural astronautene)

1. an astronaut

   Synonym: romfarer

References

• “astronaut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Romfarar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From English astronaut.

Noun

astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronautar, definite plural astronautane)

1. an astronaut

   Synonym: romfarar

References

• “astronaut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French astronaute, English astronaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.troˈnaut/

Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauți, feminine equivalent astronaută)

1. astronaut

   Synonym: cosmonaut

Declension

Declension of astronaut

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	astronaut	astronautul		astronauți	astronauții
genitive-dative	astronaut	astronautului		astronauți	astronauților
vocative	astronautule			astronauților

Related terms

• astronautic
• astronautică
• astronautician

See also

• taikonaut

References

• astronaut in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /astronǎut/

Noun

astronàut m (Cyrillic spelling астрона̀ут)

1. astronaut

   Synonyms: kozmonàut, kosmonàut

Declension

Declension of astronaut

	singular	plural
nominative	astronaut	astronauti
genitive	astronauta	astronauta
dative	astronautu	astronautima
accusative	astronauta	astronaute
vocative	astronaute	astronauti
locative	astronautu	astronautima
instrumental	astronautom	astronautima

Swedish

Etymology

From astro- +‎ -naut.

Noun

astronaut c

1. an astronaut

Declension

Declension of astronaut

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	astronaut	astronauts
	definite	astronauten	astronautens
plural	indefinite	astronauter	astronauters
	definite	astronauterna	astronauternas

See also

• kosmonaut
• rymdfarare