planeta

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Noun

planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

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Catalan

Etymology

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, 2022
• “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.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanɛta/

Noun

planeta f

1. (astronomy) planet

   Synonym: oběžnice

Declension

Declension

	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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈne.ta/

• Audio

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Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Derived terms

• planeta anano
• planetario

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Interlingua

Noun

planeta (plural planetas)

1. planet

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Latin

Alternative forms

• planētēs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plaˈneː.ta/, [pɫ̪äˈneːt̪ä]
• (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 [2], p. 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)

Descendants

• Asturian: planeta
• Catalan: planeta
• English: planet
• French: planète
• Galician: planeta
• Irish: pláinéad

• Italian: pianeta
• Occitan: planeta
• Polish: planeta
• Portuguese: planeta
• Romanian: planetă
• Spanish: planeta

References

• “planeta”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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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 planeta

	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

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• planeto (Provence)

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

planeta f (plural planetas)

1. planet

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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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐ.ˈne.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Related terms

• planetário

Further reading

• “planeta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatia): plànēt

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

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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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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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planeta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

planeta

1. planet
   • 1998, Batayang Heograpiya‎^[4], Goodwill Trading Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 9:

     Paano naglalakbay ang mga planeta sa kalawakan?

     How do the planets travel in space?

   Synonym: buntala

Related terms

• planetaryo
• planetaryum

Further reading

• “planeta” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.