# astronaut
## English
### Etymology

From astro- +‎ -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ăsʹtrənôt'
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/
** (General American) IPA: /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈæstɹəˌnɑt/
*** Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

astronaut (plural astronauts)
* A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
** An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
*** 2013, Edward Clinton Ezell, Linda Neuman Ezell, The Partnership: A NASA History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Courier Corporation, →ISBN:Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings.
* (Hong Kong) A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.

#### Synonyms

* cosmonaut

#### Hyponyms

* astronautess
* spationaut
* taikonaut
* vyomanaut

#### Derived terms

* actornaut
* Afronaut
* ancient astronaut
* astronaut ice cream
* astronaut maneuvering unit
* astronaut propulsion unit
* astronautrix
* astronautte
* astronette
* chimponaut
* fapstronaut
* Nastronaut
* para-astronaut
* touronaut

#### Related terms

* aeronaut
* astronautic
* astronautical
* astronautics
* cosmonaut
* space cadet
* taikonaut
* vyomanaut

#### Translations
## Albanian
### Noun

astronaut
* astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, astro- +‎ -naut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈastronau̯t]

### Noun

astronaut m anim (female equivalent astronautka)
* astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

#### Related terms

* astronautika

### Further reading

* “astronaut”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “astronaut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “astronaut”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “astronaut” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /astronavt/, [asd̥ʁoˈnɑwˀd̥]

### Noun

astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)
* astronaut

#### Related terms

* kosmonaut

#### Further reading

* astronaut on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English astronaut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑ.stroːˈnɑu̯t/, /ˌɑs.troːˈnɑu̯t/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: as‧tro‧naut
* Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

### Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje n, feminine astronaute)
* a (male) astronaut [from early 1950s]
    Synonyms: kosmonaut, ruimtevaarder
    De astronaut bereidt zich voor op een wandeling in de ruimte. ― The astronaut is preparing for a spacewalk.
    Als kind droomde hij ervan om astronaut te worden. ― As a child, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut.
    De training van een astronaut is intensief en uitdagend. ― The training of an astronaut is intensive and challenging.

#### Derived terms

* astronautisch

#### Related terms

* astronautiek

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* astronot

### Etymology

English astronaut.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /astroˈnaut/ [as.t̪roˈna.ʊt̪̚]
** Rhymes: -aut
** Syllabification: as‧tro‧naut
* (colloquial) IPA: /asˈtrɔnɔt/ [asˈt̪rɔ.nɔt̪̚]

### Noun

astronaut (plural astronaut-astronaut or para astronaut)
* astronaut
    Synonyms: angkasawan, antariksawan, kosmonaut

### Further reading

* “astronaut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English astronaut.

### Noun

astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronauter, definite plural astronautene)
* an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarer

### References

* “astronaut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English astronaut.

### Noun

astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronautar, definite plural astronautane)
* an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarar

### References

* “astronaut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French astronaute, English astronaut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /as.troˈnaut/

### Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauți, feminine equivalent astronaută)
* astronaut
    Synonym: cosmonaut

#### Related terms

* astronautic
* astronautică
* astronautician

### See also

* taikonaut

### References

* astronaut in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /astronǎut/

### Noun

astronàut m (Cyrillic spelling астрона̀ут)
* astronaut
    Synonyms: kozmonàut, kosmonàut

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From astro- +‎ -naut.

### Noun

astronaut c
* an astronaut

#### See also

* kosmonaut
* rymdfarare