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solar system

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/
  • US: /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/
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name

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of Solar System; the Sun and all the objects in orbit around it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Holonyms: Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
  • Meronyms: (planets) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; (selected major planetoids) Pluto, Ceres; (selected regions) inner Solar System, asteroid belt, outer Solar System; more at Thesaurus:Solar System

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Solar System.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1992, J. Laskar, page 31 in, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (editor), "Chaos, resonance, and collective dynamical phenomena in the solar system", International Astronomical Union Symposium, I would like to stress out that the meaning of unstable for our solar system is very different than for another solar system.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: planetary system

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of solar power system (“electric power system that supplies usable solar power by means of photovoltaics”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: system, scheme

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Sonnestelsel — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Southern Altai: Кӱнниҥ системазы (Künniŋ sistemazï) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Arabic: مَنْظُومَة شَمْسِيَّة (manẓūma šamsiyya) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة شَمْسِيَّة (majmūʕa šamsiyya) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Arabic: نِظَام شَمْسِيّ (niẓām šamsiyy) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Armenian: Արեգակնային համակարգ (Aregaknayin hamakarg) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Assamese: সৌৰজগত (xourzogot) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Azerbaijani: Günəş sistemi — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Bashkir: Ҡояш системаһы (Qoyaş sistemahı) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Basque: eguzki-sistema — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Belarusian: Со́нечная сістэ́ма (Sónječnaja sistéma) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Bengali: সৌরজগৎ (śōurjogoto) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Breton: koskoriad an Heol — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Bulgarian: Слъ́нчева систе́ма (Slǎ́nčeva sistéma) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Burmese: နေအဖွဲ့အစည်း (nea.hpwai.a.cany:) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Burmese: နေစကြဝဠာ (neca.kra.wa.la) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Buryat: Наранай аймаг (Naranaj ajmag) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Catalan: sistema solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Chechen: Маьлхан система (Mälxan sistema) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Cherokee: ᏅᏓ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏓᏕᏫᏍᏛ (nvda ale dudadewisdv) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Chinese Cantonese: 太陽系 /太阳系 (taai3 joeng4 hai6) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽系 /太阳系 (Tàiyángxì) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Chuvash: Хӗвел системи (Hĕvel s̬istemi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Czech: sluneční soustava — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Danish: solsystem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Dhivehi: އިރަވީ ނިޒާމު (iravī nizāmu) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Dutch: zonnestelsel — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Esperanto: sunsistemo — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Estonian: Päikesesüsteem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Finnish: Aurinkokunta — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • French: système solaire — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Galician: sistema solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Georgian: მზის სისტემა (mzis sisṭema) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • German: Sonnensystem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Greek: ηλιακό σύστημα (iliakó sýstima) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Gujarati: સૂર્યમંડળ (sūryamaṇḍaḷ) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Haitian Creole: sistèm solè — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Hebrew: מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶׁמֶשׁ (ma'arékhet ha-shémesh) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Hindi: सौरमंडल (saurmaṇḍal) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Hindi: सूर्यमंडल (sūryamaṇḍal) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Hungarian: Naprendszer — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Icelandic: sólkerfi — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Ido: sunala sistemo — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Indonesian: Tata Surya — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Irish: an Grianchóras — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Italian: sistema solare — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Japanese: 太陽系 (Taiyōkei) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Kabuverdianu: sistema solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Kabuverdianu: sistima solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Karachay-Balkar: Кюн система (Kün sistema) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Kashmiri: سِرؠیہِ کرَٛنٛڈُل (sir'yi kranḍul) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Kashmiri: سِرؠیہِ مَنٛڈُل (sir'yi manḍul) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Kazakh: Күн жүйесі (Kün jüiesı) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ (prɑɑpŏən prĕəh ʼaatɨt) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Korean: 태양계 (Taeyanggye) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Northern Kurdish: pergala rojê — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Northern Kurdish: sîstema rojê — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Kyrgyz: Күн системасы (Kün sisteması) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Lao: ລະບົບສຸລິຍະ (la bop su li nya) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Latvian: saules sistēma — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Lithuanian: Saulės sistema — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Macedonian: со́нчев си́стем (sónčev sístem) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Macedonian: Сончев Систем (Sončev Sistem) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Malay: sistem suria — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Malayalam: സൗരയൂഥം (saurayūthaṁ) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Māori: whānau a Tamanuiterā — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Mongolian: Нарны аймаг (Narny ajmag) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ ᠤ᠋ ᠠᠢᠢᠮᠠᠭ (naran u aiimaɣ) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Navajo: Yágháhookáán biiʼ hólónígíí — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solsystem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solsystem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Ossetian: Хуры системӕ (Xury sistemæ) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Iranian Persian: مَنْظومِهٔ شَمْسی (manzume-ye šamsi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Iranian Persian: سامانِهٔ خورْشیدی (sâmâne-ye xoršidi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Polish: Układ Słoneczny — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Polish: System Słoneczny — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Portuguese: sistema solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Romanian: sistem solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Russian: Со́лнечная систе́ма (Sólnečnaja sistéma) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Northern Sami: Beaivvášgoddi — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сунчев систем — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sunčev sistem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Sindhi: شَمسِي سِرِشتو (šamsī sirištow) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Sinhalese: සෞරග්රහ මණ්ඩලය (sauragraha maṇḍalaya) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Slovak: slnečná sústava — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Slovene: sončni sistem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Spanish: sistema solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Swedish: solsystem — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tagalog: Sistemang Solar — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tagalog: Kaayusang Adlaw — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tagalog: Kabuntalaang Adlaw — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tajik: Системаи офтобӣ (Sistema-yi oftobi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tajik: Манзумаи офтобӣ (Manzuma-yi oftobi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tajik: Манзумаи шамсӣ (Manzuma-yi šamsi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tamil: சூரியக் குடும்பம் (cūriyak kuṭumpam) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tamil: கதிரவ அமைப்பு (katirava amaippu) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tatar: Кояш системасы (Qoyaş sisteması) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Telugu: సౌర కుటుంబం (saura kuṭumbaṁ) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Thai: ระบบสุริยะ (rá-bòp-sù-rí-yá) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tibetan: ཉི་མའི་ཁྱིམ་རྒྱུད (nyi ma'i khyim rgyud) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Tulu: ಸೌರಮಂಡಲ (sauramaṇḍala) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Turkish: Güneş Sistemi — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Turkmen: Gün ulgamy — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Ukrainian: Со́нячна систе́ма (Sónjačna systéma) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Urdu: نِظامِ شَمْسی (nizām-i śamsī) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Uyghur: قۇياش سىستېمىسى (quyash sistëmisi) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Uzbek: Quyosh tizimi — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Uzbek: Quyosh sistemasi — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Vietnamese: hệ Mặt Trời — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Vietnamese: Thái Dương hệ — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Volapük: solasit — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Welsh: Cysawd yr Haul — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Yakut: Күн системата (Kün sistemata) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Yiddish: זון־סיסטעם (zun-sistem) — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Yoruba: Sístẹ̀mù Òòrùn — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Zazaki: Sistemê Roci — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Zulu: Uzungezohlelo lweLanga class 1a/1a — the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
  • Arabic: منظومة شمسية — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Assamese: সৌৰজগত (xôurôzôgôt) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Catalan: sistema solar — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽系 /太阳系 (tàiyángxì) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Danish: solsystem — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Dutch: zonnestelsel — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Finnish: aurinkokunta — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • French: système solaire — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Georgian: მზის სისტემა (mzis sisṭema) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • German: Sonnensystem — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Greek: ηλιακό σύστημα (iliakó sýstima) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Hindi: सौरमंडल (saurmaṇḍal) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Hindi: सूर्यमंडल (sūryamaṇḍal) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Hindi: सूरज-मण्डली (sūraj-maṇḍalī) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Hungarian: naprendszer — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Icelandic: sólkerfi — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Ido: sunala sistemo — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Irish: grianchóras — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Italian: sistema solare — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Japanese: 太陽系 (taiyōkei) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ (prɑpoan preah aatɨt) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Malay: sistem suria — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Mon: လျးတ္ၚဲ — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solsystem — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solsystem — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Mon: suriyātapa — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Polish: układ słoneczny — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Portuguese: sistema solar — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Romanian: sistem solar — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Russian: со́лнечная систе́ма (sólnečnaja sistéma) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Spanish: sistema solar — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Swedish: solsystem — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Tagalog: kaayusang-tala — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Tamil: சூரியக் குடும்பம் (cūriyak kuṭumpam) — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Turkish: güneş sistemi — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
  • Volapük: solasit — any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system