English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin orbita (a circuit, orbit).

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Noun

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orbita (plural orbitae)

  1. (anatomy) Obsolete form of orbit.

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orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

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Noun

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orbita f

  1. orbit (the bony cavity containing the eyeball)
    Synonyms: oční důlek, oční jamka, očnice

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Further reading

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

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From orbito +‎ -a.

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [orˈbita]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: or‧bi‧ta

Adjective

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orbita (accusative singular orbitan, plural orbitaj, accusative plural orbitajn)

  1. orbital

French

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orbita

  1. third-person singular past historic of orbiter

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Galician

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orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin orbita.

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orbita f (plural orbite)

  1. (astronomy, mathematics) orbit
  2. (anatomy) eye socket, orbit
    Synonyms: cavità orbitale, cavità orbitaria
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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orbita

  1. inflection of orbitare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • orbita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from *orbes, orbitis ("going in a circle") +‎ -a, from orbis (circle) +‎ -es (going). Confer antistita, from antistes.

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orbita f (genitive orbitae); first declension

  1. (literally, Classical Latin) A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
    1. (figurative, Old Latin, poetic) A path, track, course.
  2. An impression or mark left by a ligature.
  3. A circuit, orbit.
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orbita orbitae
Genitive orbitae orbitārum
Dative orbitae orbitīs
Accusative orbitam orbitās
Ablative orbitā orbitīs
Vocative orbita orbitae
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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orbitā f

  1. ablative singular of orbita

References

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  • orbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • orbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orbita 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)
  • orbita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin orbita.

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  • IPA(key): /ɔrˈbi.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧ta

Noun

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orbita f

  1. (astronomy) orbit

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Verb

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orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative