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exoplanet

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɛksoʊˌplænət/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəʊˌplænɪt/
  • rhymes with -ət
  • rhymes with -ɪt
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exosolar planet, extrasolar planet

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- (“outside; extrasolar”) + planet.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ekzoplanet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Arabic: كَوْكَب خَارِج الْمَجْمُوعَة الشَّمْسِيَّة (kawkab ḵārij al-majmūʕa š-šamsiyya) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Armenian: էկզոմոլորակ (ēkzomolorak) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Azerbaijani: ekzoplanet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Belarusian: экзапла́нета (ekzaplánjeta) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Belarusian: экзаплянэ́та (ekzapljanéta) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Bulgarian: екзоплане́та (ekzoplanéta) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽系外行星 /太阳系外行星 (Tàiyángxì wài xíngxīng) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 系外行星 (xìwài xíngxīng) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Czech: exoplaneta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Danish: eksoplanet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Dutch: exoplaneet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Esperanto: ekzoplanedo — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Esperanto: ekstersunsistema planedo — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Estonian: eksoplaneet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Finnish: eksoplaneetta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • French: exoplanète — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Galician: exoplaneta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Galician: planeta extrasolar — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Georgian: ეგზოპლანეტა (egzoṗlaneṭa) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • German: Exoplanet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • German: extrasolarer Planet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Greek: εξωπλανήτης (exoplanítis) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Hindi: बहिर्ग्रह (bahirgrah) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Hungarian: exobolygó — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Irish: eiseapláinéad — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Irish: pláinéad eachtarghréine — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Japanese: 太陽系外惑星 (Taiyōkei gai wakusei) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Japanese: 系外惑星 (keigai wakusei) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Kazakh: күн жүйесі шегінен тыс ғаламшар (kün jüiesı şegınen tys ğalamşar) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Korean: 외계 행성 (oegye haengseong) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Korean: 계외 행성 (gye'oe haengseong) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Korean: 태양계외 행성 (taeyanggye'oe haengseong) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Latvian: citplanēta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Lithuanian: egzoplaneta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Norman: exoplianète — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Polish: egzoplaneta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Polish: planeta pozasłoneczna — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Portuguese: exoplaneta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Portuguese: planeta extrassolar — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Romanian: exoplanetă — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Romanian: planetă extrasolară — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Russian: экзопла́нета (ekzopláneta) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Russian: внесо́лнечная плане́та (vnesólnečnaja planéta) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Sanskrit: बहिर्ग्रह (bahirgraha) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Slovak: exoplanéta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Slovene: eksoplanet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Spanish: exoplaneta — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Spanish: planeta extrasolar — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Swedish: exoplanet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Swedish: extrasolär planet — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Tamil: புறக்கோள் (puṟakkōḷ) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Turkish: güneş dışı gezegen — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Ukrainian: екзоплане́та (ekzoplanéta) — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Vietnamese: hành tinh ngoài hệ Mặt Trời — planet outside Earth's solar system
  • Vietnamese: ngoại hành tinh — planet outside Earth's solar system