galáxia

See also: galaxia, Galaxia, and galàxia

Portuguese

galáxia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin galaxiās (“galaxy; Milky Way”), from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlak.si.ɐ/ [ɡaˈlak.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈlak.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlak.si.ɐ/ [ɡaˈlak.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈlak.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlak.si.a/ [ɡaˈlak.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈlak.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈla.ksjɐ/

• Rhymes: -aksiɐ, -aksjɐ
• Hyphenation: ga‧lá‧xi‧a

Noun

galáxia f (plural galáxias)

1. (astronomy) galaxy (set of a very large number of stars, other celestial bodies, cosmic dust and gas, with a spiral, elliptical or irregular shape, animated by movement and expansion, which constitutes an astral system)

Related terms

adjectives

• galáctico

 

Further reading

• “galáxia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “galáxia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024