astronaut
UK/ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt//ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
astronaut noun: a member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
Noun
astronaut (plural astronauts)
- A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
- Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings.2013, Edward Clinton Ezell, Linda Neuman Ezell, The Partnership: A NASA History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Courier Corporation, →ISBN
- The American astronauts in the competing Mercury program may have joked about being “Spam in a can,” but it seems clear that Korolev wanted to have plenty of cosmonauts on hand in case another rocket blew up.2021 April 12, Gregory McNamee, “This Soviet cosmonaut was the first human in orbit — fueling the space race”, in CNN
- An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
- A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.
astronaut meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
astronaut in Hindi
- member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut
- अंतरिक्ष यात्री antrikṣ yātrī, खगोलयात्री khagolyātrī, अंतरिक्षयात्री antrikṣayātrī, अंतरालयात्री antrālyātrī, गगनयात्री gaganyātrī, व्योमयात्री vyomyātrī
astronaut in Tamil
- member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut
- விண்ணோடி viṇṇōṭi
astronaut in Marathi
- member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut
- अंतराळयात्री antrāḷyātrī
astronaut in Urdu
- member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut
- خَلا نَوَرْد xalā navard, خَلانَوَرْد xalānavard, خَلاء نَوَرْد xalā' navard, خَلا باز xalā bāz, خَلاء باز xalā' bāz
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- astronaut in Bengali
- নভোচারী nobhōcari
- astronaut in Telugu
- వ్యోమగామి vyōmagāmi
- astronaut in Malayalam
- ബഹിരാകാശസഞ്ചാരി bahirākāśasañcāri
- astronaut in Kannada
- ಗಗನಯಾತ್ರಿ gaganayātri
- astronaut in Punjabi
- ਖਗੋਲਯਾਤਰੀ khagolyātarī
- astronaut in Gujarati
- અવકાશયાત્રી avakāśyātrī
- astronaut in Odia
- ମହାକାଶଚାରୀ mahākāśacāri
- astronaut in Assamese
- মহাকাশচাৰী mohakaxsari
- astronaut in Pashto
- خلاباز xalābāz, ستور يونی stor yunay, ستورمزلی stormazalay
- astronaut in Tagalog
- astronawta, astronot
- astronaut in Arabic
- رَجُل فَضَاء rajul faḍāʔ, رَائِد فَضَاء rāʔid faḍāʔ, مَلَّاح فَضَائِيّ mallāḥ faḍāʔiyy
- astronaut in Malay
- angkasawan
- astronaut in Indonesian
- astronot, antariksawan, antariksawati
- astronaut in Thai
- มนุษย์อวกาศ má-nút-à-wá-gàat
- astronaut in Vietnamese
- nhà du hành vũ trụ, phi hành gia
- astronaut in Myanmar
- အာကာသယာဉ်မှူး akasa.yanyhmu:
Examples of astronaut in a sentence
- NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.
- To be an astronaut you must be the crème de la crème.
- I'm sorry, but your goal of becoming an astronaut is out of reach with those grades.
Synonyms of astronaut
Forms of astronaut
| plural | astronauts |
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Origin of astronaut
From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).
Words formed from astronaut
Phrases with astronaut
Questions about astronaut
- What does astronaut mean?
- Astronaut means a member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- What is astronaut in Hindi?
- Astronaut in Hindi is अंतरिक्ष यात्री (antrikṣ yātrī), खगोलयात्री (khagolyātrī), अंतरिक्षयात्री (antrikṣayātrī). See Astronaut meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is astronaut?
- Astronaut is a noun.
- How do you pronounce astronaut?
- Astronaut is pronounced /ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of astronaut?
- The plural of astronaut is astronauts.
Words near astronaut in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: astronaut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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