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astronomy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi/
  • General-American: /æsˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/
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  • South-Asia: /asʈro.nɔmi/
  • South-Asia: /əsˈʈrɔnəmi/
  • rhymes with -ɒnəmi
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 S T R AA1 N AH0 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Astrology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uranology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physics, natural philosophy

Narrower terms: astrodynamics, astrometry, radio astronomy, celestial mechanics, astrophysics, selenology, solar physics

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sterrekunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Albanian: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Amharic: ሥነ ፈለክ (śənä fäläk) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Arabic: فَلَك (falak) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Arabic: عِلْم الْفَلَك (ʕilm al-falak) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mmallūt kāwḵḇē) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܣܛܪܘܿܢܘܿܡܝܼܵܐ (asṭrōnōmīyā) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Armenian: աստղագիտություն (astġagitutʻyun) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Aromanian: astrunumii — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Asturian: astronomía — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Azerbaijani: astronomiya — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Basque: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Belarusian: астрано́мія (astranómija) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান (jōtirbiggên) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা (jōtirbidda) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Breton: steredoniezh — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Bulgarian: астроно́мия (astronómija) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Burmese: နက္ခတ္တဗေဒ (nakhkatta.beda.) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Catalan: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinese Cantonese: 天文學 /天文学 — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinese: 天文學 /天文学 (thian-bûn-ha̍k) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天文學 /天文学 (tiānwénxué) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinook Jargon: tsiltsil-kəmtəks — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Cornish: steronieth — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Czech: hvězdářství — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Czech: astronomie — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Danish: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Dinka: ŋiɛ̈ckanhial — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Dutch: astronomie — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Dutch: sterrenkunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Esperanto: astronomio — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Estonian: astronoomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Estonian: täheteadus — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Faroese: stjørnufrøði — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Finnish: tähtitiede — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Finnish: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • French: astronomie — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • West-Frisian: stjerrekunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Galician: astronomía — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Georgian: ასტრონომია (asṭronomia) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • German: Astronomie — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • German: Sternkunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • German: Himmelskunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Bavarian German: Steankunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Greek: αστρονομία (astronomía) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Ancient Greek: ἀστρονομία (astronomía) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Gujarati: ખગોળ (khagoḷ) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Gujarati: ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર (khagoḷśāstra) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Haitian Creole: astwonomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Hawaiian: kilo hōkū — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (astronómya) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Hindi: खगोल शास्त्र (khagol śāstra) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Hungarian: csillagászat — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Hungarian: asztronómia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Icelandic: stjörnufræði — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Indonesian: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Indonesian: ilmu falak — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Indonesian: ilmu perbintangan — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Interlingua: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ (silasiorniq) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅ (silaryoaliriniq) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Irish: réalteolaíocht — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Italian: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Japanese: 天文学 (tenmongaku) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Javanese: Astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Kalmyk: астроном (astronom) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Kannada: ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (khagōḷaśāstra) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Kazakh: жұлдызтану (jūldyztanu) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Kazakh: астрономия (astronomiä) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Khmer: តារាសាស្ត្រ (taaraasaah) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Khmer: នក្ខត្តយោគ (nĕəkkhattayook) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Korean: 천문학 (cheonmunhak) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Central Kurdish: ئەستێرەناسی (estêrenasî) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Northern Kurdish: stêrnasî — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Northern Kurdish: ezmannasî — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Northern Kurdish: stêrnasî — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Kyrgyz: астрономия (astronomiya) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Lak: ціурттал элму — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Lao: ດາລາສາດ (dā lā sāt) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Lao: ດາຣາສາດ (dā rā sāt) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Latin: astrologia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Latin: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Latvian: astronomija — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Limburgish: starekunde — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Lingala: mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Lithuanian: astronomija — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Macedonian: астрономија (astronomija) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Malagasy: astrônômia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Malay: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Malay: ilmu falak — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Malay: kaji bintang — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Malay: perbintangan — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Malayalam: ജ്യോതിഃശാസ്ത്രം (jyōtiḥśāstraṁ) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Maltese: astronomija — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Manx: rollageydys — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Māori: tātai arorangi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Māori: mātai arorangi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Mongolian: одон орон (odon oron) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Mongolian: одон орон судлал (odon oron sudlal) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Mongolian: астрономи (astronomi) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ (odun orun) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (odun orun sudulul) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠣᠨᠣᠮᠢ (astronomi) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Norman: astronomie — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stjernelære — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stjernelære — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stjernekunne — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Occitan: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Old English: tungolcræft — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Pashto: ستورپوهنه (storpohǝna) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Pashto: نجوم (nojum) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Pashto: ستاره شناسي (setāra šenāsī) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Persian: نجوم (nojum) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Persian: ستارهشناسی (setâre-šenâsi) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Persian: اخترشناسی (axtaršenâsi) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Persian: اخترماری (axtarmāri) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Polish: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Portuguese: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Romanian: astronomie — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Romansh: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Russian: астроно́мия (astronómija) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Sanskrit: खगोलशास्त्रम् (khagolaśāstram) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Scottish Gaelic: reul-eòlas — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: астроно̀мија — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: звјездозна́нство — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: astronòmija — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvjezdoznánstvo — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Sindhi: نَجمِيات (najmīāt) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Sindhi: نَجمِيات (najmiyaat) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Sinhalese: තාරකා විද්යාව (tārakā widyāwa) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Slovak: hvezdárstvo — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Slovak: astronómia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Slovene: astronomija — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Upper Sorbian: hwězdarstwo — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Sotho: bolepi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Spanish: astronomía — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Swahili: falaki — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Swahili: astronomia — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Swedish: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tagalog: astronomiya — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tagalog: dalubtalaan — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tajik: нуҷум (nujum) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tajik: ситорашиносӣ (sitorašinosi) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tajik: ахтаршиносӣ (axtaršinosi) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tamil: வானியல் (vāṉiyal) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tamil: வானவியல் (vāṉaviyal) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Tatar: астрономия (astronomiyä) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Thai: ดาราศาสตร์ (daa-raa-sàat) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Turkish: gök bilimi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Turkish: astronomi — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Turkmen: astronomiýa — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Ukrainian: астроно́мія (astronómija) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Urdu: فلکیات (falkīyāt) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Urdu: نجمیات — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Uyghur: ئاسترونومىيە (astronomiye) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Uyghur: ئاستىرانومىيە (astiranomiye) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Uzbek: astronomiya — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Vietnamese: thiên văn học — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Volapük: stelav — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Welsh: seryddiaeth — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
  • Yiddish: אַסטראָנאָמיע (astronomye) — study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
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