astronomy

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Etymology

From Middle English astronomie, astronemy, from Old French astronomie, equivalent to astro- +‎ -nomy. Displaced native Old English tungolcræft.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi/, /æsˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

Noun

astronomy (usually uncountable, plural astronomies)

1. The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
2. (obsolete) Astrology.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
     And yet methinks I have astronomy […]

Usage notes

• The study of the physical processes which control matter and energy in the universe is commonly called astrophysics. The investigation of the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe itself is called cosmology.

Hypernyms

• science

Hyponyms

• archaeoastronomy
• archeoastronomy
• astronomer
• bioastronomy
• ethnoastronomy
• gamma-ray astronomy
• gravitational-wave astronomy
• infrared astronomy
• multi-messenger astronomy
• neutrino astronomy
• optical astronomy
• paleoastronomy
• radar astronomy
• radio astronomy
• ultraviolet astronomy
• X-ray astronomy

 

Derived terms

• archaeoastronomy
• archeoastronomy
• astronomer
• bioastronomy
• ethnoastronomy
• paleoastronomy

 

Related terms

• astral
• astrologist
• astrology
• astrometry
• astronomer
• astronomical
• astronomically
• astrophysics

 

Translations

study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere

• Afrikaans: sterrekunde (af)
• Albanian: astronomi (sq) f
• Amharic: ሥነ ፈለክ (śənä fäläk)
• Arabic: فَلَك (ar) m (falak), عِلْم الْفَلَك (ar) m (ʕilm al-falak)
• Armenian: աստղագիտություն (hy) (astġagitutʿyun)
• Aromanian: astrunumii f
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ f (mmallūt kāwḵḇē), ܐܲܣܛܪܘܿܢܘܿܡܝܼܵܐ f (asṭrōnōmīyā)
• Asturian: astronomía f
• Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata
• Azerbaijani: astronomiya (az)
• Basque: astronomia (eu)
• Bavarian: Steankunde ?
• Belarusian: астрано́мія f (astranómija)
• Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান (bn) (jōtirbiggên), জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা (bn) (jōtirbidda)
• Breton: steredoniezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: астроно́мия (bg) f (astronómija)
• Burmese: နက္ခတ္တဗေဒ (my) (nakhkatta.beda.)
• Catalan: astronomia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天文學／天文学 (tin¹ man⁴ hok⁶)

  Hokkien: 天文學／天文学 (thian-bûn-ha̍k)

  Mandarin: 天文學／天文学 (zh) (tiānwénxué)

• Cornish: steronieth ?
• Czech: hvězdářství n, astronomie (cs) f
• Danish: astronomi (da) c
• Dinka: ŋiɛ̈ckanhial
• Dutch: astronomie (nl) f, sterrenkunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: astronomio (eo)
• Estonian: astronoomia (et), täheteadus
• Faroese: stjørnufrøði f
• Finnish: tähtitiede (fi), astronomia (fi)
• French: astronomie (fr) f
• Galician: astronomía (gl) f
• Georgian: ასტრონომია (asṭronomia)
• German: Astronomie (de) f, Sternkunde (de) f, Himmelskunde f
• Greek: αστρονομία (el) f (astronomía)

  Ancient: ἀστρονομία f (astronomía)

• Guaraní: mbyjakuaa
• Gujarati: ખગોળ (gu) ? (khagoḷ), ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર ? (khagoḷśāstra)
• Haitian Creole: astwonomi
• Hawaiian: kilo hōkū
• Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (he) f (astronómya)
• Hindi: खगोल शास्त्र m (khagol śāstra)
• Hungarian: csillagászat (hu), asztronómia (hu)
• Icelandic: stjörnufræði (is) f
• Indonesian: astronomi (id), ilmu falak, ilmu perbintangan
• Interlingua: astronomia (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ (silasiorniq), ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅ (silaryoaliriniq)
• Irish: réalteolaíocht (ga) f
• Italian: astronomia (it) f
• Japanese: 天文学 (ja) (てんもんがく, tenmongaku)
• Javanese: Astronomi
• Kabyle: ⵜⴰⵙⵏⴰⴳⴳⵓⵔⵜ (tasnaggurt)
• Kalmyk: астроном (astronom)
• Kannada: ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (khagōḷaśāstra)
• Kazakh: жұлдызтану (jūldyztanu), астрономия (kk) (astronomiä)
• Khmer: តារាសាស្ត្រ (km) (taaraasaah), នក្ខត្តយោគ (nĕəkkhattayook)
• Korean: 천문학(天文學) (ko) (cheonmunhak)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەستێرەناسی (estêrenasî)

  Northern Kurdish: stêrnasî (ku), ezmannasî, stêrnasî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: астрономия (ky) (astronomiya)
• Lak: ціурттал элму (cіurt:al elmu)
• Lao: ດາລາສາດ (lo) (dā lā sāt), ດາຣາສາດ (dā rā sāt)
• Latin: astrologia (la) f, (Late) astronomia (la) f
• Latvian: astronomija (lv) f
• Limburgish: starekunde ?
• Lingala: mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ
• Lithuanian: astronomija (lt) f
• Macedonian: астрономија f (astronomija)
• Malagasy: astrônômia (mg)
• Malay: astronomi (ms), ilmu falak (ms), kaji bintang, perbintangan (ms)
• Malayalam: ജ്യോതിഃശാസ്ത്രം (jyōtiḥśāstraṁ)
• Maltese: astronomija f
• Manx: rollageydys m
• Maori: tātai arorangi, mātai arorangi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: одон орон (mn) (odon oron), одон орон судлал (odon oron sudlal), астрономи (mn) (astronomi)

  Mongolian: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ
  ᠣᠷᠤᠨ (odun orun), ᠣᠳᠤᠨ
  ᠣᠷᠤᠨ
  ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (odun orun sudulul), ᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠣᠨᠣᠮᠢ (astronomi)

• Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah
• Norman: astronomie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: astronomi (no) m

• Occitan: astronomia (oc) f
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Old English: tungolcræft m
• Pashto: ستورپوهنه f (storpohǝna), نجوم (ps) m (nojum), ستاره شناسي f (setāra šenāsī)
• Persian: نجوم (fa) (nojum), ستاره‌شناسی (fa) (setâre-šenâsi), اخترشناسی (fa) (axtaršenâsi)
• Polish: astronomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: astronomia (pt) f
• Romanian: astronomie (ro) f
• Romansch: astronomia f
• Russian: астроно́мия (ru) f (astronómija)
• Sanskrit: खगोलशास्त्रम् n (khagolaśāstram)
• Scottish Gaelic: reul-eòlas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астроно̀мија f, звјездозна́нство n

  Roman: astronòmija (sh) f, zvjezdoznánstvo (sh) n

• Sindhi: نَجمِيات (sd), نَجمِيات (sd) (najmiyaat)
• Sinhalese: තාරකා විද්‍යාව (tārakā widyāwa)
• Slovak: hvezdárstvo f, astronómia (sk) f
• Slovene: astronomija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: hwězdarstwo n

• Sotho: bolepi
• Spanish: astronomía (es) f
• Swahili: falaki (sw), astronomia
• Swedish: astronomi (sv) c
• Tagalog: astronomiya, dalubtalaan (neologism)
• Tajik: нуҷум (tg) (nujum), ситорашиносӣ (tg) (sitorašinosī), ахтаршиносӣ (axtaršinosī)
• Tamil: வானியல் (ta) (vāṉiyal)
• Tatar: астрономия (astronomiyä)
• Thai: ดาราศาสตร์ (th) (daa-raa-sàat)
• Turkish: gök bilimi (tr) (seldom), astronomi (tr)
• Turkmen: astronomiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: астроно́мія (uk) f (astronómija)
• Urdu: فلکیات f (falkīyāt), نجمیات
• Uyghur: ئاسترونومىيە (astronomiye)
• Uzbek: astronomiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: thiên văn học (vi) (天文學 (vi))
• Volapük: stelav (vo)
• Welsh: seryddiaeth (cy) f
• West Frisian: stjerrekunde (fy) n
• Yiddish: אַסטראָנאָמיע f (astronomye)

See also

• cosmology
• uranology
• starlore

References

• “astronomy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.