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astrolabe

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈæs.tɹəˌleɪb/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an early form of sextant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sextant

History

Etymology

From Middle English astrelabie et al., from Middle French astrolabe, Old French astrelabe, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَسْطْرُلَاب (ʔasṭrulāb) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Aramaic: ܐܣܛܪܘܠܘܒܘܢ — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Armenian: աստրոլաբ (astrolab) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Catalan: astrolabi — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星盤 /星盘 (xīngpán) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Corsican: astrolabiu — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Czech: astroláb — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Danish: astrolabium — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Dutch: astrolabium — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Esperanto: astrolabo — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Estonian: astrolaab — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Finnish: astrolabi — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • French: astrolabe — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Galician: astrolabio — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Georgian: ასტროლაბი (asṭrolabi) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • German: Astrolabium — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • German: Sternhöhenmesser — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Greek: αστρολάβος (astrolávos) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Hindi: तारेक्ष (tārekṣ) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Hungarian: asztrolábium — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Ido: astrolabo — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Italian: astrolabio — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Italian: astrolabo — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Japanese: アストロラーベ (asutororābe) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Kazakh: астролябия (astroläbiä) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Korean: 아스트롤라베 (aseuteurollabe) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Kyrgyz: астролябия (astrolyabiya) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Latvian: astrolabs — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Latvian: astrolabija — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Lithuanian: astroliabija — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Neapolitan: strulàbbio — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Occitan: astrolabi — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Persian: اسطرلاب (ostorlâb) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Persian: اختریاب (axtaryâb) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Persian: استرلاب (ostorlâb) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Persian: ستارهیاب (setâre-yâb) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Polish: astrolabium — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Portuguese: astrolábio — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Romanian: astrolab — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Russian: астроля́бия (astroljábija) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Sanskrit: यन्त्रराज (yantrarāja) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Slovak: astroláb — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Slovene: astrolab — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Spanish: astrolabio — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Swedish: astrolabium — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Tajik: устурлоб (usturlob) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Turkish: usturlap — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسطرلاب (usturlab) — astronomical and navigational instrument
  • Ukrainian: астроля́бія (astroljábija) — astronomical and navigational instrument
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