noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spaceport
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kosmodroom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Albanian:
kozmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Arabic:
كُوسْمُودْرُوم
(kusmudrūm)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Armenian:
կոսմոդրոմ
(kosmodrom)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Asturian:
cosmódromu
— a site for launching spacecraft
Azerbaijani:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Basque:
kosmodromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Belarusian:
касмадро́м
(kasmadróm)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Bulgarian:
космодру́м
(kosmodrúm)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Catalan:
cosmòdrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Chinese Mandarin:
航天發射場 /航天发射场
(hángtiān fāshèchǎng)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Czech:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Danish:
rumhavn
— a site for launching spacecraft
Danish:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Dutch:
ruimtehaven
— a site for launching spacecraft
Dutch:
kosmodroom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Esperanto:
kosmodromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Estonian:
kosmodroom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Finnish:
kosmodromi
— a site for launching spacecraft
French:
cosmodrome
— a site for launching spacecraft
French:
base de lancement
— a site for launching spacecraft
Galician:
cosmódromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Georgian:
კოსმოდრომი
(ḳosmodromi)
— a site for launching spacecraft
German:
Weltraumbahnhof
— a site for launching spacecraft
German:
Kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Greek:
κοσμοδρόμιο
(kosmodrómio)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Hebrew:
קוסמודרום
— a site for launching spacecraft
Hungarian:
űrrepülőtér
— a site for launching spacecraft
Hungarian:
kozmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Ido:
kosmodromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Indonesian:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Interlingua:
cosmodromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Italian:
cosmodromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Japanese:
宇宙基地
(uchū kichi)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Kazakh:
ғарыш айлағы
(ğaryş ailağy)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Korean:
우주 기지
(uju giji)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Latvian:
kosmodroms
— a site for launching spacecraft
Lithuanian:
kosmodromas
— a site for launching spacecraft
Macedonian:
космодром
(kosmodrom)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Malay:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Mongolian:
космодром
(kosmodrom)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Norwegian Bokmål:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Occitan:
cosmodròme
— a site for launching spacecraft
Persian:
پایگاه فضایی
(pây-gâh-e fazâyi)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Polish:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Portuguese:
cosmódromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Romanian:
cosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Romanian:
космодром
(cosmodrom)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Russian:
космодро́м
(kosmodróm)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Serbo-Croatian:
космодром
— a site for launching spacecraft
Serbo-Croatian:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Slovak:
kozmodróm
— a site for launching spacecraft
Slovene:
kozmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Spanish:
cosmódromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Swedish:
rymdbas
— a site for launching spacecraft
Swedish:
rymdhamn
— a site for launching spacecraft
Swedish:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Tagalog:
kosmodromo
— a site for launching spacecraft
Turkish:
uzay üssü
— a site for launching spacecraft
Turkish:
kozmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Turkmen:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Ukrainian:
космодро́м
(kosmodróm)
— a site for launching spacecraft
Uzbek:
kosmodrom
— a site for launching spacecraft
Vietnamese:
sân bay vũ trụ
— a site for launching spacecraft
Yiddish:
קאָסמאָדראָם
(kosmodrom)
— a site for launching spacecraft