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dwarf planet

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: planetoid, quasi-planet, sub-planet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: minor planet, planet, planetary-mass object

History

Etymology

Coined by analogy with dwarf star, as part of a tripartite classification of planets: classical planets (the big 8 in the Sol system), satellite planets (planetary-mass moons) and dwarf planets. Redefined by the IAU in 2006 to be a category of sub-planetary objects.

Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dwergplaneet — a type of celestial body
  • Albanian: planet xhuxh — a type of celestial body
  • Arabic: كَوْكَب قَزَم (kawkab qazam) — a type of celestial body
  • Armenian: գաճաճ մոլորակ (gačač molorak) — a type of celestial body
  • Assamese: বাওনা গ্ৰহ (baüna groh) — a type of celestial body
  • Asturian: planeta nanu — a type of celestial body
  • Azerbaijani: cırtdan planet — a type of celestial body
  • Basque: planeta ipotx — a type of celestial body
  • Basque: planeta nano — a type of celestial body
  • Belarusian: ка́рлікавая плане́та (kárlikavaja planjéta) — a type of celestial body
  • Belarusian: ка́рлікавая плянэ́та (kárlikavaja pljanéta) — a type of celestial body
  • Bengali: বামন গ্রহ (bamon groho) — a type of celestial body
  • Breton: planedenn-gorr — a type of celestial body
  • Breton: korrblanedenn — a type of celestial body
  • Bulgarian: плане́та джудже́ (planéta džudžé) — a type of celestial body
  • Burmese: လူပုဂြိုလ် (lupu.gruil) — a type of celestial body
  • Catalan: planeta nan — a type of celestial body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 矮行星 (ai2 hang4 sing1, ai2 haang4 sing1) — a type of celestial body
  • Chinese: 矮惑星 (é-he̍k-chhen) — a type of celestial body
  • Chinese: 矮行星 (é-hêng-seng) — a type of celestial body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 矮行星 (ǎixíngxīng) — a type of celestial body
  • Chuvash: карлик планета (karlik planet̬a) — a type of celestial body
  • Cornish: planet korr — a type of celestial body
  • Czech: trpasličí planeta — a type of celestial body
  • Danish: dværgplanet — a type of celestial body
  • Dutch: dwergplaneet — a type of celestial body
  • Esperanto: nanplanedo — a type of celestial body
  • Estonian: kääbusplaneet — a type of celestial body
  • Finnish: kääpiöplaneetta — a type of celestial body
  • French: planète naine — a type of celestial body
  • Galician: planeta anano — a type of celestial body
  • Georgian: ჯუჯა პლანეტა (ǯuǯa ṗlaneṭa) — a type of celestial body
  • German: Zwergplanet — a type of celestial body
  • Greek: πλανήτης νάνος (planítis nános) — a type of celestial body
  • Hindi: बौना ग्रह (baunā grah) — a type of celestial body
  • Hungarian: törpebolygó — a type of celestial body
  • Icelandic: dvergreikistjarna — a type of celestial body
  • Indonesian: planet kerdil — a type of celestial body
  • Indonesian: planet katai — a type of celestial body
  • Interlingua: planeta nano — a type of celestial body
  • Irish: abhacphláinéad — a type of celestial body
  • Italian: pianeta nano — a type of celestial body
  • Japanese: 準惑星 (junwakusei) — a type of celestial body
  • Japanese: 矮惑星 (waiwakusei) — a type of celestial body
  • Kabyle: amtiweg agezlan — a type of celestial body
  • Kazakh: ергежейлі планета (ergejeilı planeta) — a type of celestial body
  • Khmer: ភពក្រិន (phɔɔp krən) — a type of celestial body
  • Korean: 왜행성 (waehaengseong) — a type of celestial body
  • Kyrgyz: эргежээл планета (ergejeel planeta) — a type of celestial body
  • Kyrgyz: карлик планета (karlik planeta) — a type of celestial body
  • Lao: ດາວເຄາະແຈ້ (dāo khǫ chǣ) — a type of celestial body
  • Lao: ດາວເຄາະແຄະ (dāo khǫ khæ) — a type of celestial body
  • Latvian: pundurplanēta — a type of celestial body
  • Limburgish: dwergplaneet — a type of celestial body
  • Lithuanian: nykštukinė planeta — a type of celestial body
  • Low German: Dwargplaneet — a type of celestial body
  • Luxembourgish: Zwergplanéit — a type of celestial body
  • Macedonian: џуџеста планета (džudžesta planeta) — a type of celestial body
  • Malay: planet kerdil — a type of celestial body
  • Manx: planaid crivassanagh — a type of celestial body
  • Mongolian: одой гариг (odoj garig) — a type of celestial body
  • Mongolian: одой гараг (odoj garag) — a type of celestial body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dvergplanet — a type of celestial body
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergplanet — a type of celestial body
  • Iranian Persian: سَیَّارِهٔ کوتولِه (sayyâre-ye kutule) — a type of celestial body
  • Polish: planeta karłowata — a type of celestial body
  • Portuguese: planeta anão — a type of celestial body
  • Romanian: planetă pitică — a type of celestial body
  • Russian: ка́рликовая плане́та (kárlikovaja planéta) — a type of celestial body
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-phlanaid — a type of celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: патуљаста планета — a type of celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: patuljasta planeta — a type of celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: patuljasti planet — a type of celestial body
  • Sicilian: pianeta nanu — a type of celestial body
  • Slovak: trpasličia planéta — a type of celestial body
  • Slovene: pritlikavi planet — a type of celestial body
  • Spanish: planeta enano — a type of celestial body
  • Swahili: sayari kibete — a type of celestial body
  • Swedish: dvärgplanet — a type of celestial body
  • Tagalog: planetang unano — a type of celestial body
  • Tajik: сайёраи карлик (sayyora-yi karlik) — a type of celestial body
  • Tatar: кәрлә планета (kärlä planeta) — a type of celestial body
  • Telugu: మరుగుజ్జు గ్రహం (marugujju grahaṁ) — a type of celestial body
  • Thai: ดาวเคราะห์แคระ (daao-krɔ́-krɛ́) — a type of celestial body
  • Turkish: cüce gezegen — a type of celestial body
  • Turkmen: kiçi planeta — a type of celestial body
  • Ukrainian: ка́рликова плане́та (kárlykova planéta) — a type of celestial body
  • Urdu: بَونا سَیّارَہ (baunā saiyāra) — a type of celestial body
  • Uyghur: پەتەك يۇلتۇز (petek yultuz) — a type of celestial body
  • Uzbek: karlik sayyora — a type of celestial body
  • Vietnamese: hành tinh lùn — a type of celestial body
  • Welsh: corblaned — a type of celestial body