noun
Meaning 1
One who studies astrophysics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
astrophysicist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
Narrower terms: Hoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle, Hubble, Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h2stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- English physicist English astrophysicist From astro- + physicist.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَالِم فِيزِيَاء فَلَكِيَّة (ʕālim fīziyāʔ falakiyya) — one who studies astrophysics
- Basque: astrofisikari — one who studies astrophysics
- Belarusian: астрафі́зік (astrafízik) — one who studies astrophysics
- Catalan: astrofísic — one who studies astrophysics
- Chinese Mandarin: 天體物理學家 /天体物理学家 (tiāntǐwùlǐxuéjiā) — one who studies astrophysics
- Czech: astrofyzik — one who studies astrophysics
- Danish: astrofysiker — one who studies astrophysics
- Dutch: astrofysicus — one who studies astrophysics
- Finnish: astrofyysikko — one who studies astrophysics
- French: astrophysicien — one who studies astrophysics
- French: astrophysicienne — one who studies astrophysics
- Galician: astrofísico — one who studies astrophysics
- German: Astrophysiker — one who studies astrophysics
- German: Astrophysikerin — one who studies astrophysics
- Greek: αστροφυσικός (astrofysikós) — one who studies astrophysics
- Hungarian: asztrofizikus — one who studies astrophysics
- Icelandic: stjarneðlisfræðingur — one who studies astrophysics
- Latvian: astrofiziķis — one who studies astrophysics
- Latvian: astrofiziķe — one who studies astrophysics
- Occitan: astrofisician — one who studies astrophysics
- Polish: astrofizyk — one who studies astrophysics
- Portuguese: astrofísico — one who studies astrophysics
- Romanian: astrofizician — one who studies astrophysics
- Romanian: astrofiziciană — one who studies astrophysics
- Russian: астрофи́зик (astrofízik) — one who studies astrophysics
- Spanish: astrofísico — one who studies astrophysics
- Spanish: astrofísica — one who studies astrophysics
- Swedish: astrofysiker — one who studies astrophysics
- Turkish: astrofizikçi — one who studies astrophysics
- Ukrainian: астрофі́зик (astrofízyk) — one who studies astrophysics
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