lunarnaut
UK/ˈluːnənɔːt/
lunarnaut noun: someone who travels to the Moon.
Noun
lunarnaut (plural lunarnauts)
- Someone who travels to the Moon.
- Kanashima returns to Japan and, as the space race develops over the years, figures out that the U.S. and Russia are bogged down by the problem of how to get the lunarnaut back to earth.1965, ‘The Kamikosmonaut’, Time, 26 Feb 2006
- The moon's poles are the only spots in permanent sunshine (days and nights of moon last 14 earth days), which means that the lunarnauts’ solar panels could provide a permanent power supply.2006 December 7, Tim Radford, The Guardian
Synonyms of lunarnaut
Forms of lunarnaut
| plural | lunarnauts |
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Origin of lunarnaut
From lunar + -naut.
Questions about lunarnaut
- What does lunarnaut mean?
- Lunarnaut means someone who travels to the Moon.
- What part of speech is lunarnaut?
- Lunarnaut is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lunarnaut?
- Lunarnaut is pronounced /ˈluːnənɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lunarnaut?
- The plural of lunarnaut is lunarnauts.
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