comet
/ˈkɒmət/KO-muht
/ˈkɑmət/KAH-muht
Meaninglong-haired (star)
Common meaning: an icy body with a glowing tail
- cometlong-hairedLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 442 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekκομήτης‘long-haired’
- Latincometa
- Englishmeaning shiftslong-haired → an icy body with a glowing tailcomet‘an icy body with a glowing tail’ · today
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek κομήτης ‘long-haired’.
Roots
- κομήτης Greek “long-haired”
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