galactic

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• /ɡəˈlæktɪk/
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico.

From galactic. Compare Galaxy.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: млечен (mlečen) — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• Finnish: maito- — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• French: galactique — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• French: lactique — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• German: Milch- — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• Polish: laktyczny — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• Romanian: lactic — (medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
• Albanian: galaktik — relating to a/the galaxy
• Arabic: مَجَرِّيّ (majarriyy) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Armenian: գալակտիկական (galaktikakan) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Belarusian: галакты́чны (halaktýčny) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Bulgarian: галактичен (galaktičen) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Catalan: galàctic — relating to a/the galaxy
• Czech: galaktický — relating to a/the galaxy
• Danish: galaktisk — relating to a/the galaxy
• Dutch: galactisch — relating to a/the galaxy
• Esperanto: galaksia — relating to a/the galaxy
• Finnish: linnunrata- — relating to a/the galaxy
• French: galactique — relating to a/the galaxy
• Friulian: galatic — relating to a/the galaxy
• Galician: galáctico — relating to a/the galaxy
• Georgian: გალაქტიკური (galakṭiḳuri) — relating to a/the galaxy
• German: galaktisch — relating to a/the galaxy
• Hindi: मंदाकिनीय (mandākinīya) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Hungarian: galaktikus — relating to a/the galaxy
• Ido: galaxiala — relating to a/the galaxy
• Italian: galattico — relating to a/the galaxy
• Kazakh: галактикалық (galaktikalyq) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Latin: galacticus — relating to a/the galaxy
• Latin: galactica — relating to a/the galaxy
• Latin: galacticum — relating to a/the galaxy
• Norman: galactique — relating to a/the galaxy
• Norwegian Bokmål: galaktisk — relating to a/the galaxy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: galaktisk — relating to a/the galaxy
• Occitan: galactic — relating to a/the galaxy
• Polish: galaktyczny — relating to a/the galaxy
• Portuguese: galáctico — relating to a/the galaxy
• Romanian: galactic — relating to a/the galaxy
• Russian: галактический (galaktičeskij) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Spanish: galáctico — relating to a/the galaxy
• Swedish: galaktisk — relating to a/the galaxy
• Swedish: galax- — relating to a/the galaxy
• Tagalog: sanlibutnin — relating to a/the galaxy
• Turkish: galaktik — relating to a/the galaxy
• Turkish: galaksiyle alakalı/ilgili — relating to a/the galaxy
• Ukrainian: галакти́чний (halaktýčnyj) — relating to a/the galaxy
• Bulgarian: огромен (ogromen) — (figuratively) enormous
• Finnish: tähtitieteellinen — (figuratively) enormous
• French: astronomique — (figuratively) enormous
• French: colossal — (figuratively) enormous
• French: titanesque — (figuratively) enormous
• French: monumental — (figuratively) enormous
• French: phénoménal — (figuratively) enormous
• German: astronomisch — (figuratively) enormous
• Polish: astronomiczny — (figuratively) enormous
• Romanian: astronomic — (figuratively) enormous
• Russian: астрономический (astronomičeskij) — (figuratively) enormous
• Turkish: astronomik — (figuratively) enormous