argonaut

See also: Argonaut

English

argonaut (sense 1)

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

2. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
   • 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:

     Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.

3. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
4. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Derived terms

• greater argonaut
• jargonaut

 

Translations

a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta

• Fijian: vocenikuita
• French: argonaute (fr)
• Hawaiian: moamoa waʻa, ʻauwaʻalālua
• Maori: muheke
• Polish: argonauta (pl) m, żeglarek m
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m or f
• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)

an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest

• Greek: αργοναύτης m (argonáftis)
• Polish: argonauta (pl) m
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m or f
• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)
• Swedish: argonaut (sv) c

Further reading

• argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French argonaute.

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonauți)

1. argonaut

Declension

Declension of argonaut

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) argonaut	argonautul	(niște) argonauți	argonauții
genitive/dative	(unui) argonaut	argonautului	(unor) argonauți	argonauților
vocative	argonautule		argonauților