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as·tro·naut

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–noun

a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

[Origin: 1925–30; astro- + (aero)naut, prob. via F astronaute; see astronautical

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as·tro·naut Audio Help (ās'trə-nôt') Pronunciation Key
n. A person trained to pilot, navigate, or otherwise participate as a crew member of a spacecraft.

[astro- + Greek nautēs, sailor (from naus, ship; see nāu- in Indo-European roots).]

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astronaut

coined 1929 (but popularized 1961) from astro-, comb. form of Gk. astron "star" + nautes "sailor." Fr. astronautique (adj.) had been coined 1927 by "J.H. Rosny."

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astronaut
noun
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"

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astronaut [ˈӕstrənoːt] noun

a person who travels in space
Example: Who was the first astronaut to land on the moon?

Arabic:	رَجُل فَضاء
Chinese (Simplified):	宇航员
Chinese (Traditional):	宇航員
Czech:	astronaut
Danish:	astronaut; rumpilot
Dutch:	astronaut
Estonian:	astronaut
Finnish:	astronautti
French:	astronaute
German:	der, *die Astronaut(in)
Greek:	αστροναύτης
Hungarian:	űrhajós
Icelandic:	geimfari
Indonesian:	antariksawan
Italian:	astronauta

Japanese:	宇宙飛行士
Korean:	우주비행사
Latvian:	astronauts; kosmonauts
Lithuanian:	astronautas
Norwegian:	astronaut, romfarer
Polish:	astronauta
Portuguese (Brazil):	astronauta
Portuguese (Portugal):	astronauta
Romanian:	astronaut
Russian:	астронавт, космонавт
Slovak:	astronaut, -ka
Slovenian:	vesoljec
Spanish:	astronauta
Swedish:	astronaut
Turkish:	astronot

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