Phrase guide

heavenly body

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celestial body, wanderstar

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An astronomical object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The recreated, angel-like body that people will have in heaven.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

natural objects visible in the sky

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celestial body

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural object

Narrower terms: minor planet, planetoid, planet, major planet, planetesimal, primary, quasar, quasi-stellar radio source, satellite, star

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Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hemelliggaam — natural celestial body
  • Albanian: trup qiellor — natural celestial body
  • Arabic: جِرْم سَمَاوِيّ (jirm samāwiyy) — natural celestial body
  • Arabic: جِرْم فَلَكِيّ (jirm falakiyy) — natural celestial body
  • Armenian: երկնային մարմին (erknayin marmin) — natural celestial body
  • Azerbaijani: göy cismi — natural celestial body
  • Belarusian: нябе́снае це́ла (njabjésnaje cjéla) — natural celestial body
  • Breton: korf-oabl — natural celestial body
  • Bulgarian: небе́сно тя́ло (nebésno tjálo) — natural celestial body
  • Catalan: cos celeste — natural celestial body
  • Catalan: astre — natural celestial body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 天體 /天体 (tin1 tai2) — natural celestial body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天體 /天体 (tiāntǐ) — natural celestial body
  • Czech: nebeské těleso — natural celestial body
  • Danish: himmellegeme — natural celestial body
  • Dutch: hemellichaam — natural celestial body
  • Estonian: taevakeha — natural celestial body
  • Finnish: taivaankappale — natural celestial body
  • French: corps céleste — natural celestial body
  • West-Frisian: himellichem — natural celestial body
  • Galician: corpo celeste — natural celestial body
  • Georgian: ციური სხეული (ciuri sxeuli) — natural celestial body
  • German: Himmelskörper — natural celestial body
  • German: Gestirn — natural celestial body
  • Greek: ουράνιο σώμα (ouránio sóma) — natural celestial body
  • Hindi: खगोलीय वस्तु (khagolīya vastu) — natural celestial body
  • Hindi: खगोलीय पिंड (khagolīya piṇḍ) — natural celestial body
  • Hungarian: égitest — natural celestial body
  • Ido: astro — natural celestial body
  • Irish: rinn — natural celestial body
  • Italian: corpo celeste — natural celestial body
  • Japanese: 天体 (tentai) — natural celestial body
  • Kazakh: аспан денесі (aspan denesı) — natural celestial body
  • Korean: 천체 (cheonche) — natural celestial body
  • Kyrgyz: асман телосу (asman telosu) — natural celestial body
  • Latvian: debess ķermenis — natural celestial body
  • Lithuanian: dangaus kūnas — natural celestial body
  • Macedonian: небесно тело (nebesno telo) — natural celestial body
  • Malayalam: സ്വാഭാവിക ആകാശഗോളങ്ങൾ (svābhāvika ākāśagōḷaṅṅaḷ) — natural celestial body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: himmellegeme — natural celestial body
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: himmellekam — natural celestial body
  • Pashto: آسماني بدن — natural celestial body
  • Iranian Persian: جِرْمِ آسْمانی (jerm-e âsmâni) — natural celestial body
  • Iranian Persian: جِرْمِ سَماوی (jerm-e samâvi) — natural celestial body
  • Polish: ciało niebieskie — natural celestial body
  • Portuguese: corpo celeste — natural celestial body
  • Romanian: corp ceresc — natural celestial body
  • Romanian: astru — natural celestial body
  • Russian: небе́сное те́ло (nebésnoje télo) — natural celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: небеско тело — natural celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: небеско тијело — natural celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: nebesko telo — natural celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: nebesko tijelo — natural celestial body
  • Slovak: nebeské telo — natural celestial body
  • Slovene: nebeško telo — natural celestial body
  • Spanish: cuerpo celeste — natural celestial body
  • Swedish: himlakropp — natural celestial body
  • Tagalog: natural na selestyal ng katawan — natural celestial body
  • Tajik: ҷирми осмонӣ (jirm-i osmoni) — natural celestial body
  • Tajik: ҷисми осмонӣ (jism-i osmoni) — natural celestial body
  • Tamil: இயற்கை வான உடல்கள் (iyaṟkai vāṉa uṭalkaḷ) — natural celestial body
  • Turkish: gök cismi — natural celestial body
  • Ukrainian: небе́сне ті́ло (nebésne tílo) — natural celestial body
  • Urdu: آسْمانی جِسْم (āsmānī jism) — natural celestial body
  • Uzbek: osmon jismi — natural celestial body
  • Vietnamese: thiên thể — natural celestial body
  • Welsh: corff nefol — natural celestial body
  • Welsh: corff wybrennol — natural celestial body