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cosmonautics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The activities of cosmonauts; Soviet/Russian astronautics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From cosmonaut + -ics.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِلَاحَة فَضَائِيَّة — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Arabic: مِلَاحَة الفَضَاء — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Belarusian: касмана́ўтыка (kasmanáwtyka) — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Bulgarian: космона́втика (kosmonávtika) — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Czech: kosmonautika — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Georgian: კოსმონავტიკა (ḳosmonavṭiḳa) — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Hungarian: kozmonautika — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Russian: космона́втика (kosmonávtika) — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Slovak: kozmonautika — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics
  • Ukrainian: космона́втика (kosmonávtyka) — astronautics (Russian context) — see also astronautics