aberration

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aberrātiō(n) (“relief, diversion”), from aberr(ā) (“wander away, go astray”) (from ab (“away”) + errō (“wander”)) + -tiō(n) (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Compare English aberration.


Jupiter

→ Persian: ژوپیتر (župiter)


Europe

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


passage

→ Czech: pasáž

→ German: Passage

→ Polish: pasaż

→ Portuguese: passagem

→ Romanian: pasaj

→ Russian: пасса́ж (passáž)

→ Turkish: pasaj

→ Persian: پاساژ (pâsâž)

(astronomy) Moment when a star or planet occults another, or crosses a meridian


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)


solstice

Inherited from Old French solstice, borrowed from Latin solstitium.


bolide

→ Czech: bolid

→ Dutch: bolide

→ English: bolide

→ Polish: bolid

→ Portuguese: bólide

→ Romanian: bolid

→ Slovak: bolid

→ Spanish: bólido

Learned borrowing from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís).


unité astronomique

fr-noun

unité astronomique f (plural unités astronomiques)


mansion

Learned borrowing from Latin mansiō. Doublet of maison.


supernova

supernova f (plural supernovas or supernovae)


nova

novas (plural)
novae (plural)
novæ (plural)


longitude

Borrowed from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).


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.


plein

fr-adj

plein (feminine pleine, masculine plural pleins, feminine plural pleines)

pleine (feminine)
pleins (masculine plural)
pleines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene.


lunette

→ Portuguese: luneta

refracting telescope
refracting telescope

(astronomy) telescope (refracting telescope)


sonde

→ Catalan: sonda

→ Danish: sonde

→ Dutch: sonde
→ Indonesian: sonde

→ English: sonde

desctree

→ German: Sonde
→ Russian: зонд (zond)
→ Kazakh: зонд (zond)

→ Italian: sonda
→ Ottoman Turkish: سونده (sonda), سوندا (sonda)
Turkish: sonda

→ Norwegian Bokmål: sonde

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: sonde

→ Portuguese: sonda

→ Spanish: sonda

From Middle French, from Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound.


latitude

From Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus.

der

Latitude australe ou boréale.

Latitude héliocentrique, géocentrique, etc.

Latitude de Sirius.

(astronomy) the angle with a plane parallel to the ecliptic, the straight line that passes through a heavenly body and a particular centre on this plane


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.


Atlas

Learned borrowing from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

(astronomy) Atlas (star in the Pleiades)

(astronomy) Atlas (crater in the first quadrant of the moon)


Vierge

From vierge (“virgin”), from Latin virgō.

(astronomy) the stellar constellation Virgo


Mars

→ Persian: مارس (mârs)


zodiacal

fr-adj

zodiacal (feminine zodiacale, masculine plural zodiacaux, feminine plural zodiacales)

zodiacale (feminine)
zodiacaux (masculine plural)
zodiacales (feminine plural)


grandeur

From Old French grandur, from grand + -eur.


IDS

Initialism of Initiative de défense stratégique (“Strategic Defense Initiative”): SDI


informe

(astronomy) Étoiles informes : An old term for stars that were not members of any constellation


macule

Borrowed from Latin macula. Doublet of maille, which was inherited.

(rare and literary or sciences, astronomy, medicine, zoology) stain


univers

fr-noun

univers m (countable and uncountable, plural univers)

From Latin ūniversum (“universe”), from adjective ūniversus (“entire”), from ūni- + versus (past participle of vertere (“to turn”)).

af

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">vertere</i> (“to turn”)


coronal

fr-adj

coronal (feminine coronale, masculine plural coronaux, feminine plural coronales)

coronale (feminine)
coronaux (masculine plural)
coronales (feminine plural)

From Latin corōnālis, from corōna (“a crown”).

(anatomy, astronomy, botany, phonetics) coronal


Messier

Inherited from Old French messier (“harvest warden”), from meis (“harvest”).


anomalie

Ultimately a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía).


quartier

→ English: quartier

→ German: Quartier

→ Italian: quartiere

→ Portuguese: quartel

→ Romanian: cartier

→ Spanish: cuartel

From quart + -ier, possibly Medieval Latin quarterium, compare also Latin quartārium; cognate with Italian quartiere.

le premier quartier de lune

le dernier quartier de lune


disque

→ English: disc

→ Norman: disque

→ Persian: دیسک (disk)

→ Romanian: disc

→ Turkish: disk

Borrowed from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, which was inherited from Old French deis, dois.

disc (any flat or nearly flat circular object)


planétologue

fr-noun

planétologue m or f by sense (plural planétologues)


planète naine

planète naine f (plural planètes naines)


planète

From Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”).


Vénus

→ Persian: ونوس (venus)


Pallas

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

(astronomy) Pallas, the second asteroid discovered


Poissons

the plural of poisson (“fish”), from Latin piscis (plural pisces, hence Pisces); the municipality (and hence the canton) may have an entirely different (Latin? Celtic?) origin, possibly aligned by popular etymology

(astronomy) the constellation Pisces 'the Fishes'

(astrology) the zodiac sign Pisces, after the above


étage

→ Czech: etáž

→ Bulgarian: етаж (etaž)

→ Danish: etage

→ Dutch: etage

→ Esperanto: etaĝo

→ German: Etage

Norwegian:

→ Norwegian Bokmål: etasje

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: etasje

→ Romanian: etaj

→ Russian: этаж (etaž)

From Old French estage: ester + -age (see also stage), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *stāticum, from Latin stāre.

Un artificier allemand, Johann Schmidlap, inventa la fusée gigogne, un engin à multiples étages allumés séquentiellement et permettant de faire atteindre au feu d’artifice une plus grande altitude. C’est l’ancêtre des fusées à multiples étages utilisées aujourd’hui.

A German artificier, Johann Schmidlap, invented the nesting rocket, an engine with multiple stages lit sequentially, allowing for a firework at a greater altitude. It's the ancestor of the rockets with multiple stages used today.


astre

Borrowed from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

(astronomy) celestial body, astronomical object


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”).


corbeau

fr-noun

corbeau m (plural corbeaux, feminine corbelle)

→ English: corbeau

Inherited from Middle French corbeau m, from Old French corbel m, itself either a diminutive of corp m (“raven”), or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus m, from Latin corvus m (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus m).


anneau

Inherited from Middle French anneau, from Old French anel, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Compare Catalan anell, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, Spanish anillo.


pôle

Inherited from Middle French pole, from Old French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).


solaire

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

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


Junon

(astronomy) Juno, the third asteroid discovered


éclipser

éclipser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
éclipsant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
éclipsé (participle past)
éclipse (first-person indicative present singular)
éclipses (indicative present second-person singular)
éclipse (indicative present singular third-person)
éclipsons (first-person indicative plural present)
éclipsez (indicative plural present second-person)
éclipsent (indicative plural present third-person)
éclipsais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
éclipsais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
éclipsait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
éclipsions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
éclipsiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
éclipsaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
éclipsai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
éclipsas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
éclipsa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
éclipsâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
éclipsâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
éclipsèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
éclipserai (first-person future indicative singular)
éclipseras (future indicative second-person singular)
éclipsera (future indicative singular third-person)
éclipserons (first-person future indicative plural)
éclipserez (future indicative plural second-person)
éclipseront (future indicative plural third-person)
éclipserais (conditional first-person singular)
éclipserais (conditional second-person singular)
éclipserait (conditional singular third-person)
éclipserions (conditional first-person plural)
éclipseriez (conditional plural second-person)
éclipseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
éclipse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
éclipses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
éclipse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
éclipsions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
éclipsiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
éclipsent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
éclipsasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
éclipsasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
éclipsât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
éclipsassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
éclipsassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
éclipsassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
éclipse (imperative second-person singular)
éclipsons (first-person imperative plural)
éclipsez (imperative plural second-person)


cratère

Borrowed from Latin crātēr, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).


étoile filante

étoile filante f (plural étoiles filantes)


éclipse

From Latin eclīpsis (“eclipse”), from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”).


sauvegarde

(astronautics) range safety, safety (all the measures provided during the launch campaign or atmospheric re-entry of a spacecraft in order to ensure the safety of people and goods in terrestrial, maritime and airspaces)

(astronautics) range safety, safety (by extension) (result of the measures of range safety)


Gémeaux

From the plural of gémeau, a dialectal variant of jumeau (from Old French gemel), from Latin gemellus (“twin”).


télescope

(astronomy) telescope (optical instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects)


périapside

Presses universitaires de France (1980) La Banque des mots, Numéros 19 à 23: “Périapside Point de l'orbite d'un objet spatial gravitant autour d'un astre pour lequel la distance des deux corps est minimale. Syn. : périastre, apside inférieure”


canicule

Borrowed from Latin Canicula and canicula. Doublet of chenille.


IRAP

(astrophysics) Initialism of Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie.

fr:Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie


téléporter

téléporter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
téléportant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
téléporté (participle past)
téléporte (first-person indicative present singular)
téléportes (indicative present second-person singular)
téléporte (indicative present singular third-person)
téléportons (first-person indicative plural present)
téléportez (indicative plural present second-person)
téléportent (indicative plural present third-person)
téléportais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
téléportais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
téléportait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
téléportions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
téléportiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
téléportaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
téléportai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
téléportas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
téléporta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
téléportâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
téléportâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
téléportèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
téléporterai (first-person future indicative singular)
téléporteras (future indicative second-person singular)
téléportera (future indicative singular third-person)
téléporterons (first-person future indicative plural)
téléporterez (future indicative plural second-person)
téléporteront (future indicative plural third-person)
téléporterais (conditional first-person singular)
téléporterais (conditional second-person singular)
téléporterait (conditional singular third-person)
téléporterions (conditional first-person plural)
téléporteriez (conditional plural second-person)
téléporteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
téléporte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
téléportes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
téléporte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
téléportions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
téléportiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
téléportent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
téléportasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
téléportasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
téléportât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
téléportassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
téléportassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
téléportassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
téléporte (imperative second-person singular)
téléportons (first-person imperative plural)
téléportez (imperative plural second-person)

(science fiction) to teleport, to beam up


zodiaque

zodiac (collectively, the signs of the zodiac)


Verseau

From verseau (an uncovered column's watershedding tilted upperside), from verser 'to pour, shed' + eau 'water'.

(astronomy) the stellar constellation Aquarius


astéroïde

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


intersidéral

fr-adj

intersidéral (feminine intersidérale, masculine plural intersidéraux, feminine plural intersidérales)

intersidérale (feminine)
intersidéraux (masculine plural)
intersidérales (feminine plural)

vide intersidéral


jovien

jovien (feminine jovienne, masculine plural joviens, feminine plural joviennes)

jovienne (feminine)
joviens (masculine plural)
joviennes (feminine plural)


décalage vers le rouge

Coordinate term: décalage vers le bleu


système solaire

fr-noun

système solaire m (plural systèmes solaires)


trou noir

(astrophysics) black hole (celestial body)

vitesse de libération

vitesse d’échappement, vitesse d’évasion


Bouvier

a surname, Bouvier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Cowherd or Coward


radarastronomie

radarastronomie f (plural radarastronomies)

(astronomy) radar astronomy (astronomical technique)


planétoide

From Late Latin planeta, from Latin ([asteres] planetai) "wandering [stars]", from (planasthai) "to wander", of unknown origin.

(astronomy) a planetoid, an asteroid large enough to be seen as a small planet


lunaire

Inherited from Middle French lunaire, from Latin lūnāris.


ovniologue

ovniologue m or f by sense (plural ovniologues)


ovni

Acronym of objet volant non identifié, a calque of English unidentified flying object.


multivers

multiverse (hypothetical group of all possible universes)


clair de Terre

fr-noun

clair de Terre m (plural clairs de Terre)


voie lactée

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


étoile invitée

étoile invitée f (plural étoiles invitées)


rémanent de supernova

rémanent de supernova m (plural rémanents de supernova)


luminosité

From Latin lūminōsus (whence French lumineux) + -ité.

(astronomy) luminosity (the total amount of electromagnetic energy emitted per unit of time by a star, galaxy, or other astronomical objects)


horizon des événements

horizon des événements m (plural horizons des événements)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-horizon des événements.wav


vitesse de libération

vitesse de libération f (plural vitesses de libération)


naine blanche

naine blanche f (plural naines blanches)

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


exoplanète

(astronomy) exoplanet (planet outside Earth's solar system)


colure

From Latin colurus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλουρος (kólouros, “truncated, dock-tailed”). Compare English colure.


Bételgeuse

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

bor+

بَيْت الْجَوْزَاء


vent stellaire

fr-noun

vent stellaire m (plural vents stellaires)


Grande Ourse

Ursa Major (large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky)


troyen

fr-adj

troyen (feminine troyenne, masculine plural troyens, feminine plural troyennes)

troyenne (feminine)
troyens (masculine plural)
troyennes (feminine plural)


Chiron

(astronomy, astrology) Chiron, a centaur (minor planet) and asteroid-like/comet-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus


périgée

(astronomy) perigee (point in the orbit of any object)


périhélie

From 1690, possibly borrowed or calqued from English perihelion (from 1653), or possibly directly from péri- + Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”). See perihelion for more.

(astronomy) perihelion (point where the planet or comet is nearest to the sun) [from 17th c.]


apogée

Borrowed from Latin apogaeum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).

der

(astronomy) apogee (a point in an orbit around the Earth)


étoile du soir

(astronomy) evening star; the planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening

(astronomy) evening star; any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter


gyrer

gyrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
gyrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
gyré (participle past)
gyre (first-person indicative present singular)
gyres (indicative present second-person singular)
gyre (indicative present singular third-person)
gyrons (first-person indicative plural present)
gyrez (indicative plural present second-person)
gyrent (indicative plural present third-person)
gyrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gyrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gyrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gyrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gyriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gyraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gyrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
gyras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
gyra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
gyrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
gyrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
gyrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
gyrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
gyreras (future indicative second-person singular)
gyrera (future indicative singular third-person)
gyrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
gyrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
gyreront (future indicative plural third-person)
gyrerais (conditional first-person singular)
gyrerais (conditional second-person singular)
gyrerait (conditional singular third-person)
gyrerions (conditional first-person plural)
gyreriez (conditional plural second-person)
gyreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
gyre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
gyres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
gyre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
gyrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
gyriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
gyrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
gyrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gyrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gyrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gyrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gyrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gyrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
gyre (imperative second-person singular)
gyrons (first-person imperative plural)
gyrez (imperative plural second-person)

(astronautics) to turn, to rotate, to spin


cadran lunaire

fr-noun

cadran lunaire m (plural cadrans lunaires)


trou de ver

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-trou de ver.wav


parallaxe

→ Turkish: paralaks

Borrowed into Middle French from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́λλᾰξῐς (parállaxis).


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)


nébuleuse planétaire

nébuleuse planétaire f (plural nébuleuses planétaires)


astre du jour

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


éphéméride

Borrowed from the Latin ephēmeris, itself a borrowing from the Ancient Greek ἐφημερῐ́ς (ephēmerís).

(traditionally in the plural, astronomy) ephemeris (table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year)


transuranien

fr-adj

transuranien (feminine transuranienne, masculine plural transuraniens, feminine plural transuraniennes)

transuranienne (feminine)
transuraniens (masculine plural)
transuraniennes (feminine plural)

(physics, chemistry, astronomy) transuranic


solsticial

solsticial (feminine solsticiale, masculine plural solsticiaux, feminine plural solsticiales)

solsticiale (feminine)
solsticiaux (masculine plural)
solsticiales (feminine plural)


système planétaire

fr-noun

système planétaire m (plural systèmes planétaires)


archéoastronome

archéoastronome m (plural archéoastronomes)


astérosismologie

astérosismologie f (plural astérosismologies)


astrophotographie

astrophotographie f (plural astrophotographies)


archéoastronomie

archéoastronomie f (plural archéoastronomies)


astroarchéologie

astroarchéologie f (plural astroarchéologies)


cosmochimiste

cosmochimiste m or f by sense (plural cosmochimistes)


exoplanétologie

exoplanétologie f (plural exoplanétologies)


héliosismologie

héliosismologie f (plural héliosismologies)


héliocentrisme

héliocentrisme m (plural héliocentrismes)


ethnoastronomie

ethnoastronomie f (plural ethnoastronomies)


héliocentrique

Coordinate term: géocentrique


paléoastronomie

paléoastronomie f (plural paléoastronomies)


supermassif

fr-adj

supermassif (feminine supermassive, masculine plural supermassifs, feminine plural supermassives)

supermassive (feminine)
supermassifs (masculine plural)
supermassives (feminine plural)


transneptunien

transneptunien (feminine transneptunienne, masculine plural transneptuniens, feminine plural transneptuniennes)

transneptunienne (feminine)
transneptuniens (masculine plural)
transneptuniennes (feminine plural)


CESR

w:Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements

(astrophysics) Initialism of Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements.


Vulcain

(astronomy, historical) Vulcan (hypothetical planet)


héliogaine

From hélio- (“helio-”) + gaine (“sheath”).


onde de choc

/ɔ̃d də ʃɔk/


super amas stellaire

fr-noun

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)


amas d'étoiles

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

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


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)


Dauphin

→ English: Dauphin

From dauphin
* (Dauphin, MB, CA): Named after the French monarchal title, the heir to the French throne.


astrophotographe

astrophotographe m or f by sense (plural astrophotographes)


bioastronomie

(astronomy, biology) astrobiology, exobiology


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


Lal.

(astronomy) abbreviated prefix for stars under Lalande designations


zénith-secteur

zénith-secteur m (plural zénith-secteurs)

(astronomy) zenith sector, zenith telescope


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)


intrication quantique

Probably a calque of English quantum entanglement.

quantum entanglement
quantum entanglement


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


Ultima Thule

Borrowed from English Ultima Thule, from Latin ultima+Thule.


éclipse solaire

éclipse solaire f (plural éclipses solaires)


magnitude apparente

magnitude apparente f (plural magnitudes apparentes)


disque d'accrétion

disque d’accrétion m (plural disques d’accrétion)

disque d’ accrétion (canonical masculine)
disques d’accrétion (plural)


magnitude absolue

magnitude absolue f (plural magnitudes absolues)


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)


supergéante bleue

supergéante bleue f (plural supergéantes bleues)


fenêtre de tir

fenêtre de tir f (plural fenêtres de tir)


fenêtre de lancement

fenêtre de lancement f (plural fenêtres de lancement)


équinoxial

fr-adj

équinoxial (feminine équinoxiale, masculine plural équinoxiaux, feminine plural équinoxiales)

équinoxiale (feminine)
équinoxiaux (masculine plural)
équinoxiales (feminine plural)


point de libration

fr-noun

point de libration m (plural points de libration)


point de Lagrange

point de Lagrange m (plural points de Lagrange)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-point de Lagrange.wav


ceinture de radiations de Van Allen

ceinture de radiations de Van Allen f (plural ceintures de radiations de Van Allen)

ceintures de radiations de Van Allen (plural)

Van Allen radiation belt
Van Allen radiation belt


ceinture de Van Allen

ceinture de Van Allen f (plural ceintures de Van Allen)


astromobile

astromobile m or f (plural astromobiles)

(astronautics, space flight, automotive, robotics) a ground vehicle designed to traverse non-terrestrial surfaces of extraterrestrial bodies. A robotic rover


étoile binaire

étoile binaire f (plural étoiles binaires)


étoile variable

étoile variable f (plural étoiles variables)


singularité gravitationnelle

singularité gravitationnelle f (plural singularités gravitationnelles)

gravitational singularity
gravitational singularity


seconde-lumière

seconde-lumière f (plural secondes-lumière)


siècle-lumière

siècle-lumière f (plural siècles-lumière)


minute-lumière

minute-lumière f (plural minutes-lumière)


enchevêtrement quantique

enchevêtrement quantique m (uncountable)


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


zone habitable

zone habitable f (plural zones habitables)

zone habitable circumstellaire

(astronomy) habitable zone, Goldilocks zone (zone around a star where a planet could experience temperatures like those on Earth, allowing for the possible existence of liquid water and of life)


fond diffus cosmologique

fond diffus cosmologique m (uncountable)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-fond diffus cosmologique.wav

cosmic microwave background
cosmic microwave background

(physics, astronomy) cosmic microwave background


verrouillage gravitationnel

verrouillage gravitationnel m (plural verrouillages gravitationnels)

(astronomy) tidal locking (the locking of the rotation of a satellite (moon or planet) to its orbit, such that one side always faces the body around which it is orbiting)


équilibre hydrostatique

équilibre hydrostatique f (plural équilibres hydrostatiques)

hydrostatic equilibrium
hydrostatic equilibrium

(physics, astronomy) hydrostatic equilibrium


vide intersidéral

(astronomy) interstellar void, interstellar medium


Chêne de Charles

Chêne de Charles II (canonical masculine)


Chêne de Charles II

Chêne de Charles
Chêne de Charles#French

(historical) Synonym of Chêne de Charles (“Robur Carolinum”)


Tuwaquachi

Borrowed from English Túwaquachi, itself from Hopi.


Quatrième Univers

le Quatrième Univers (canonical masculine)


Quatrième Monde

le Quatrième Monde (canonical masculine)


éclipse totale

éclipse totale f (plural éclipses totales)

Coordinate term: éclipse partielle