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asteroid

/ˈæstəˌɔɪd/A-stur-oyd
/ˈæstɚˌɔɪd/A-stur-oyd

Meaningstar-like

Common meaning: a small rocky body orbiting the sun

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STAR‘strew, spread out’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 425, p. 745 · scan
  2. Greekἄστρον; ἀστήρ‘a star’
  3. Englishasteroid‘a small rocky body orbiting the sun’ · today

aster also in: asteriskastraldisasterastrologyastronaut

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek ἄστρον; ἀστήρ ‘a star’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry ἄστρον, p. 126 · dictionary scan

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Related words

asteriskastralastrologyastronautastronomydisaster

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