cosmos

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• Received-Pronunciation: kŏz'mŏs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒzmɒs/
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• General-American: kŏz'mōs
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• General-American: /ˈkɑzməs/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑzˌmoʊs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒzmɔɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑzmɔɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒzməʊz/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑzmoʊz/
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From Middle English cossmos (“the universe; the world”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The plural form cosmoi is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi).

Borrowed from translingual Cosmos (genus name), from New Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “decoration, ornament; order; universe; the earth, the world”) (referring to its elegant leaves); see further at etymology 1.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Albanian: kozmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Albanian: gjithësi — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Arabic: فَضَاء (faḍāʔ) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Arabic: كَوْن (kawn) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Arabic: الْكَوْن (al-kawn) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Armenian: կոսմոս (kosmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Armenian: տիեզերք (tiezerkʻ) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Azerbaijani: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Belarusian: ко́смас (kósmas) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Belarusian: сусве́т (susvjét) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Belarusian: сусьве́т (susʹvjét) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Bulgarian: ко́смос (kósmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Bulgarian: вселе́на (vseléna) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Bulgarian: всеми́р (vsemír) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Catalan: cosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Chinese Mandarin: 太空 (tàikōng) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙 (yǔzhòu) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Chukchi: иʼиʼн (iʼiʼn) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Chukchi: ӈаргынэн (ṇargynėn) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Chukchi: ымӈаргынэн (ymṇargynėn) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Cornish: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Czech: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Czech: vesmír — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Danish: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Dutch: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Dutch: heelal — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Dutch: wereldal — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Esperanto: kosmo — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Estonian: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Finnish: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• French: cosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Galician: cosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Georgian: კოსმოსი (ḳosmosi) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• German: Kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• German: All — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• German: Weltall — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Greek: κόσμος (kósmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Hebrew: קוֹסמוֹס (kósmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Hungarian: kozmosz — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Hungarian: világegyetem — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Icelandic: alheimur — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Ido: kosmo — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Indonesian: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Italian: cosmo — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Japanese: コスモス (kosumosu) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Japanese: 宇宙 (uchū) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Kazakh: ғалам (ğalam) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Kazakh: ғарыш (ğaryş) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Khmer: អវកាស (ʼaʼvĕəʼkaah) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Korean: 코스모스 (koseumoseu) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Korean: 우주 (uju) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Kyrgyz: аалам (aalam) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Kyrgyz: бүт дүйнө (büt düynö) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Lao: ຈັກກະວານ (chak ka wān) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Latin: mundus — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Latvian: kosmoss — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Lithuanian: kosmosas — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Macedonian: космос (kosmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Macedonian: вселена (vselena) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Malay: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Māori: tātai tuarangi — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Mongolian: сансар (sansar) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Norwegian Bokmål: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Old English: gesceaft — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Persian: کیهان (keyhân) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Polish: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Polish: wszechświat — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Portuguese: cosmo — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Portuguese: cosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Romanian: cosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Russian: ко́смос (kósmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Russian: вселе́нная (vselénnaja) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏смос — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Serbo-Croatian: све̏мӣр — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Serbo-Croatian: васио́на — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍsmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Serbo-Croatian: svȅmīr — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Serbo-Croatian: vasióna — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Sicilian: cosmu — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Sicilian: còsimu — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Slovak: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Slovak: vesmír — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Slovene: kozmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Slovene: vesolje — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Spanish: cosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Swedish: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Tagalog: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Tagalog: mayaw — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Tajik: кайҳон (kayhon) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Tajik: коинот (koyinot) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Thai: จักรวาล (jàk-grà-waan) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Turkish: kozmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Turkish: evren — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Turkmen: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Ukrainian: ко́смос (kósmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Ukrainian: все́світ (vsésvit) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Uyghur: كائىنات (ka'inat) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Uyghur: پەزا (peza) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Uzbek: kosmos — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Uzbek: fazo — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Uzbek: koinot — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Vietnamese: vũ trụ — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Volapük: kosmod — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Yiddish: קאָסמאָס (kosmos) — universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
• Bulgarian: мир (mir) — harmonious, ordered whole
• Finnish: kosmos — harmonious, ordered whole
• German: Kosmos — harmonious, ordered whole
• Russian: систе́ма (sistéma) — harmonious, ordered whole
• Armenian: զարդենի (zardeni) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Bulgarian: ко́смос (kósmos) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Bulgarian: косме́я (kosméja) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Dutch: cosmea — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Finnish: kosmos — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Finnish: kosmoskukka — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Greek: κόσμος (kósmos) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Japanese: コスモス (kosumosu) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Latin: cosmos — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Portuguese: cosmos — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Russian: ко́смос (kósmos) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Russian: косме́я (kosméja) — herb of the genus Cosmos
• Spanish: cosmos — herb of the genus Cosmos