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celestial body

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

natural objects visible in the sky

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heavenly body

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural object

Narrower terms: minor planet, planetoid, planet, major planet, planetesimal, primary, quasar, quasi-stellar radio source, satellite, star

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: trup qiellor — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Arabic: جِرْم سَمَاوِيّ (jirm samāwiyy) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Arabic: جِرْم فَلَكِيّ (jirm falakiyy) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Armenian: երկնային մարմին (erknayin marmin) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Azerbaijani: göy cismi — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Azerbaijani: səma cismi — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Belarusian: нябе́снае це́ла (njabjésnaje cjéla) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Bulgarian: небе́сно тя́ло (nebésno tjálo) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Catalan: cos celeste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天體 /天体 (tiāntǐ) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星體 /星体 (xīngtǐ) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星球 (xīngqiú) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Czech: nebeské těleso — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Danish: himmellegeme — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Dutch: hemellichaam — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Esperanto: ĉielkorpo — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Esperanto: astro — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Estonian: taevakeha — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Estonian: taevakivi — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Finnish: taivaankappale — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • French: corps céleste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • French: astre — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Galician: corpo celeste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Georgian: ციური სხეული (ciuri sxeuli) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • German: Himmelskörper — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Greek: ουράνιο σώμα (ouránio sóma) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Hindi: खगोलीय वस्तु (khagolīya vastu) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Hindi: खगोलीय पिंड (khagolīya piṇḍ) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Hungarian: égitest — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Ido: astro — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Irish: rinn — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Irish: rinn neimhe — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Italian: corpo celeste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Japanese: 天体 (tentai) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Kazakh: аспан денесі (aspan denesı) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Korean: 천체 (cheonche) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Kyrgyz: асман телосу (asman telosu) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Latin: corpus caeleste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Latvian: debess ķermenis — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Lithuanian: dangaus kūnas — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Macedonian: небесно тело (nebesno telo) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Malay: jasad cakerawala — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Māori: whānau mārama — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: himmellegeme — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: himmellekam — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Iranian Persian: جِرْمِ آسْمانی (jerm-e âsmâni) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Iranian Persian: جِرْمِ سَماوی (jerm-e samâvi) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Polish: ciało niebieskie — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Portuguese: astro — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Portuguese: corpo celeste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Romanian: corp ceresc — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Romanian: astru — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Russian: небе́сное те́ло (nebésnoje télo) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Sanskrit: ज्योतिस् (jyótis) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: небеско тело — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: небеско тијело — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: nebesko telo — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: nebesko tijelo — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Slovak: nebeské teleso — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Slovene: nebesno telo — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Spanish: cuerpo celeste — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Spanish: astro — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Swahili: kiolwa cha angani — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Swahili: gimba la angani — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Swedish: himlakropp — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Tagalog: astro — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Tajik: ҷирми осмонӣ (jirm-i osmoni) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Tajik: ҷисми осмонӣ (jism-i osmoni) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Turkish: gök cismi — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Ukrainian: небе́сне ті́ло (nebésne tílo) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Urdu: آسْمانی جِسْم (āsmānī jism) — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Uzbek: osmon jismi — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere
  • Vietnamese: thiên thể — natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere