Jupiter

→ Persian: ژوپیتر (župiter)


Europe

From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa), a character in Greek mythology.


soleil

Inherited from Middle French soleil, from Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.


lune

Haitian Creole: lalin

Mauritian Creole: lalin

Seychellois Creole: lalin

Inherited from Middle French lune, from Old French lune, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Galician lúa, Catalan lluna, and Italian luna.


croissant

→ English: croissant

→ German: Croissant

→ Italian: croissant

→ Malay: roti bulan sabit (calque)

→ Turkish: kruvasan

Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”).

croissant de lune


croissant

fr-adj

croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)

croissante (feminine)
croissants (masculine plural)
croissantes (feminine plural)


Aldebaran

Tour à tour bleue et rose comme l’astre trompeur d’Aldebaran, c’était Adrienne ou Sylvie, – c’étaient les deux moitiés d’un seul amour.

1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Sylvie”, in Les Filles du feu:

Blue and pink by turns like the deceptive star of Aldebaran, it was Adrienne and Sylvie – they were the two halves of a single love.


clair de lune

Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau, / Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.

1869, Paul Verlaine, Clair de lune [Moonlight]:

And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.


Mars

→ Persian: مارس (mârs)


Vénus

→ Persian: ونوس (venus)


Pallas

Borrowed from Latin Pallas, from Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás).

(astronomy) Pallas, the second asteroid discovered


tache solaire

fr-noun

tache solaire f (plural taches solaires)


galaxie

→ Turkish: galaksi

From Old French galaxie, borrowed from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).


solaire

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”).

(astronomy, relational) solar (relative to the sun)


Junon

(astronomy) Juno, the third asteroid discovered


étoile filante

fr-noun

étoile filante f (plural étoiles filantes)


astéroïde

Borrowed from English asteroid, itself a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs).


lunaire

Inherited from Middle French lunaire, from Latin lūnāris.


voie lactée

(astronomy) the Milky Way (as seen from Earth)


naine blanche

naine blanche f (plural naines blanches)

(astronomy) white dwarf (“white dwarf star”)


Bételgeuse

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت الْجَوْزَاء (bayt al-jawzāʔ), confused with يَد الْجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ).

bor+

بَيْت الْجَوْزَاء


cadran lunaire

fr-noun

cadran lunaire m (plural cadrans lunaires)


géante rouge

Coordinate term: géante bleue


étoile à neutrons

étoile à neutrons f (plural étoiles à neutrons)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-étoile à neutrons.wav

(astronomy) neutron star (degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure)


astre du jour

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-astre du jour.wav


héliocentrique

Coordinate term: géocentrique


super amas stellaire

super amas stellaire m (plural super amas stellaires)

super-amas stellaire
super-amas stellaire#French

Alternative form of super-amas stellaire


amas stellaire

amas stellaire m (plural amas stellaires)


super-amas stellaire

super-amas stellaire m (plural super-amas stellaires)


super-amas d'étoiles

super-amas d’étoiles m (plural super-amas d’étoiles)

super-amas d’étoiles (canonical masculine)
super-amas d’étoiles (plural)


Canope

Borrowed from Latin Canopus, itself from Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos) / Κάνωβος (Kánōbos).


être dans la lune

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-être dans la lune.wav

away with the fairies
away with the fairies

(figuratively) to be lost in reveries; to be away with the fairies; to be daydreaming; to be in another world; to be distracted; to be absent-minded


naine rouge

(astronomy) red dwarf (small, relatively cool star of the main sequence)


étoiler

étoiler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
étoilant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étoilé (participle past)
étoile (first-person indicative present singular)
étoiles (indicative present second-person singular)
étoile (indicative present singular third-person)
étoilons (first-person indicative plural present)
étoilez (indicative plural present second-person)
étoilent (indicative plural present third-person)
étoilais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étoilais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
étoilait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
étoilions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
étoiliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
étoilaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
étoilai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
étoilas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
étoila (historic indicative past singular third-person)
étoilâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
étoilâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
étoilèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
étoilerai (first-person future indicative singular)
étoileras (future indicative second-person singular)
étoilera (future indicative singular third-person)
étoilerons (first-person future indicative plural)
étoilerez (future indicative plural second-person)
étoileront (future indicative plural third-person)
étoilerais (conditional first-person singular)
étoilerais (conditional second-person singular)
étoilerait (conditional singular third-person)
étoilerions (conditional first-person plural)
étoileriez (conditional plural second-person)
étoileraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
étoile (first-person present singular subjunctive)
étoiles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
étoile (present singular subjunctive third-person)
étoilions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
étoiliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
étoilent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
étoilasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
étoilasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
étoilât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
étoilassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
étoilassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
étoilassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
étoile (imperative second-person singular)
étoilons (first-person imperative plural)
étoilez (imperative plural second-person)


demi-lune

→ English: demilune


soleil de minuit

soleil de minuit m (usually uncountable, plural soleils de minuit)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-soleil de minuit.wav


naine noire

(astronomy) black dwarf (hypothesized white dwarf that has cooled down and no longer emits visible light)


géante bleue

Coordinate term: géante rouge


ceinture d'astéroïdes

ceinture d’astéroïdes f (plural ceintures d’astéroïdes)

ceinture d’ astéroïdes (canonical feminine)
ceintures d’astéroïdes (plural)


éclipse lunaire

éclipse lunaire f (plural éclipses lunaires)


étoile binaire

étoile binaire f (plural étoiles binaires)


étoile variable

étoile variable f (plural étoiles variables)


Circé

From Latin Circē, from Ancient Greek Κίρκη (Kírkē). The asteroid was discovered in 1855 by Jean Chacornac and named after the sorceress.

(astronomy) 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid


Bahloo

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) Bahloo