perigee

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• UK: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/
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From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: երկրամերձ կետ (erkramerj ket) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Bulgarian: перигей (perigej) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Catalan: perigeu — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 近地點 /近地点 (jìndìdiǎn) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Czech: perigeum — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Finnish: perigeum — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• French: périgée — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Galician: perixeo — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Hebrew: פריגיאה (perigéa) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Hindi: उपभू (upbhū) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Irish: peirigí — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Irish: peirigithe — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Japanese: 近地点 (kinchiten) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Latvian: perigejs — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Persian: حضیض (haziz) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Persian: افریجیون (afrijiyun) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Persian: پیرازم (pirāzam) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Polish: perygeum — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Portuguese: perigeu — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Romanian: perigeu — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Russian: периге́й (perigéj) — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Spanish: perigeo — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Tagalog: kublayo sa Duta — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Turkish: yerberi — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Welsh: perigê — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Welsh: perigeau — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Welsh: daearnesafiant — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Welsh: daearnesafiannau — closest point in an orbit about the Earth
• Bulgarian: перигей (perigej) — closest point in an orbit about a planet
• Finnish: periapsis — closest point in an orbit about a planet
• Bulgarian: перигей (perigej) — closest point to the Earth
• Finnish: perigeum — closest point to the Earth
• French: périgée — closest point to the Earth