"comète" meaning in French

See comète in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ.mɛt/ Audio: Fr-comète.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-comète.wav [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-comète.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-comète.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-comète.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-comète.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-comète.wav [France] (note: Somain), LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-comète.wav [France] (note: Agen) Forms: comètes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French comète, from Old French comete, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|comète|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French comète, {{inh+|fr|frm|comète}} Inherited from Middle French comète, {{inh|fr|fro|comete}} Old French comete, {{der|fr|la|comēta}} Latin comēta, {{der|fr|grc|κομήτης||long-haired}} Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} comète f (plural comètes)
  1. (astronomy) comet Tags: feminine Derived forms: bâtir des plans sur la comète, cométaire, faire des plans sur la comète, tirer des plans sur la comète

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "ro",
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      ],
      "word": "cometă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "komet",
      "word": "کومت"
    }
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "comēta"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κομήτης",
        "4": "",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        },
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          "word": "cométaire"
        },
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          "word": "faire des plans sur la comète"
        },
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        }
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          "comet"
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        "(astronomy) comet"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "commette"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "commettent"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "bâtir des plans sur la comète"
    },
    {
      "word": "cométaire"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire des plans sur la comète"
    },
    {
      "word": "tirer des plans sur la comète"
    }
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    {
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "comète"
}

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