planeta

See also: planéta, pláneta, planēta, planētā, and planetă

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Noun

planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Catalonia)

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Noun

planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

Derived terms

• planeta nan

Related terms

• planetari

Noun

planeta f (plural planetes)

1. destiny; fate

   Synonym: destí

Usage notes

• Originally this noun was feminine in all senses, but in modern Catalan, the sense of planet is now masculine.

Further reading

• “planeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “planeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “planeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “planeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplanɛta]

Noun

planeta f

1. (astronomy) planet

   Synonym: oběžnice

Declension

Declension of planeta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	planeta	planety
genitive	planety	planet
dative	planetě	planetám
accusative	planetu	planety
vocative	planeto	planety
locative	planetě	planetách
instrumental	planetou	planetami

Further reading

• planeta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• planeta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• planeta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈne.ta/

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Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Derived terms

• planeta anano
• planetario

References

• “planeta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “planeta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “planeta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “planeta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “planeta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Noun

planeta (plural planetas)

1. planet

Latin

Alternative forms

• planētēs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plaˈneː.ta/, [pɫ̪äˈneːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plaˈne.ta/, [pläˈnɛːt̪ä]

Noun

planēta m (genitive planētae); first declension

1. planet (wandering star)
   • 1553, Luminarum atque Planetarum motuum Tabulae octogina quinque, omnium ex his quae Alphonsum sequuntur quam faciles‎^[1]:

     Si vero pro inveniendo loca planetarum, seu alio modo tabulas operari volueris ad quemvis meridianum, computa distantiam illius meridiani ad quem calculare cupis ad meridianum tuum.

     Specifically, if you want to use the tables to find the locations of planets for any meridian, compute the distance between that table's meridian to the meridian of that which you want to calculate.

   • 1833, Supplement to Dr. Bradley's Miscellaneous Works: with an Account of Harriot's Astronomical Papers, page 54:

     Docet philosophia Newtoniana cometas equidem ac planetas attractionis vi, quae in ratione duplicata distantiarum reciproca a sole est, in orbibus ellipticis circa solem in communi foco positum revolvi.

     Newtonian physics teaches that comets, just like planets, circle in elliptical orbits around the sun as a common focus, by the force of attraction which is proportional to the inverse squared distance from the sun.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	planēta	planētae
Genitive	planētae	planētārum
Dative	planētae	planētīs
Accusative	planētam	planētās
Ablative	planētā	planētīs
Vocative	planēta	planētae

Synonyms

• stēlla errāns

Derived terms

• planētula (New Latin)
• planētārium (New Latin)

Descendants

• Asturian: planeta
• Catalan: planeta
• English: planet
• French: planète
• Irish: pláinéad
• Italian: pianeta
• Occitan: planeta
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: planeta
  • Galician: planeta
  • Portuguese: planeta
• Polish: planeta
• Romanian: planetă
• Spanish: planeta

References

• “planeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• planeta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• planeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• planeta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plɐneˈtɐ]

Noun

planetà f (plural planètos) stress pattern 2

1. planet

Declension

Declension of planetà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	planetà	planètos
genitive (kilmininkas)	planètos	planètų
dative (naudininkas)	planètai	planètoms
accusative (galininkas)	planètą	planetàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	planetà	planètomis
locative (vietininkas)	planètoje	planètose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	planèta	planètos

Hypernyms

• dangaus kūnas

Occitan

Alternative forms

• planeto (Provence)

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

planeta f (plural planetas)

1. planet

Polish

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈnɛ.ta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta f

1. planet

Declension

Declension of planeta

	singular	plural
nominative	planeta	planety
genitive	planety	planet
dative	planecie	planetom
accusative	planetę	planety
instrumental	planetą	planetami
locative	planecie	planetach
vocative	planeto	planety

Further reading

• planeta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• planeta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈne.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈne.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈne.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈne.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Derived terms

• exoplaneta
• planeta-anão

 

Related terms

• planetário

Further reading

• “planeta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• plànēt (Croatia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planěːta/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planéta f (Cyrillic spelling плане́та)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) planet

Declension

Declension of planeta

	singular	plural
nominative	planeta	planete
genitive	planete	planeta
dative	planeti	planetama
accusative	planetu	planete
vocative	planeto	planete
locative	planeti	planetama
instrumental	planetom	planetama

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plaˈne.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Derived terms

• planeta enano
• planeta externo
• planeta extrasolar
• planeta interno
• planeta superhabitable

 

Related terms

• planetario

 

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/, [plɐˈnɛ.tɐ]
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈᜒᜆ)

1. planet

   Synonym: buntala

   • 1998, Batayang Heograpiya‎^[3], Goodwill Trading Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 9:

     Paano naglalakbay ang mga planeta sa kalawakan?

     How do the planets travel in space?

Related terms

• planetaryo
• planetaryum

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018