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.


Europe

Borrowed 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


solstice

Haitian Creole: sòlstis

Inherited from Old French solstice, borrowed from Latin sōlstitium, from sōl + sistō + -ium.


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).


mansion

Learned borrowing from Latin mansiō. Doublet of maison.


nova

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


supernova

fr-noun

supernova f (plural supernovas or supernovae or supernovæ)

supernovas (plural)
supernovae (plural)
supernovæ (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)


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


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

→ Vietnamese: xông

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.


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


grandeur

From Old French grandur, from grand + -eur.


informe

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


-ide

Inherited from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is (genitive: -idis), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)).

Persée (“Perseus”) + -ide → Perséide (“Perseid”)


macule

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

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


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)


révolution

→ German: Revolution

→ Persian: رولوسیون (revolusiyon)

→ Turkish: revolüsyon

Learned borrowing from Late Latin revolūtiō, from Latin revolvō.

lbor

solide de révolution

(geometry, astronomy) revolution (turn; rotation)


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'


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)


corbeau

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”).
Cognates in regional French languages : Bourguignon chein, Catalan ca, Franco-Provençal anèu, Gallo anè, aniao, anot Norman anné, Occitan anèl, Picard èniau.
Cognates with Catalan anell, Corsican anellu, Galician anel, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, Romanian inel, Sicilian aneḍḍu, 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).


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”).


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.


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)


radarastronomie

fr-noun

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


voie lactée

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


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)


étoile invitée

étoile invitée f (plural étoiles invitées)


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.


vent stellaire

fr-noun

vent stellaire m (plural vents stellaires)


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


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)


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.]


périgée

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


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


étoile à neutrons

fr-noun

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)


éphéméride

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

(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)


archéoastronome

fr-noun

archéoastronome m (plural archéoastronomes)


archéoastronomie

archéoastronomie f (plural archéoastronomies)


astroarchéologie

astroarchéologie f (plural astroarchéologies)


astrophotographie

astrophotographie f (plural astrophotographies)


astérosismologie

astérosismologie f (plural astérosismologies)


cosmochimiste

cosmochimiste m or f by sense (plural cosmochimistes)


ethnoastronomie

ethnoastronomie f (plural ethnoastronomies)


exoplanétologie

exoplanétologie f (plural exoplanétologies)


héliocentrisme

héliocentrisme m (plural héliocentrismes)


héliosismologie

héliosismologie f (plural héliosismologies)


paléoastronomie

paléoastronomie f (plural paléoastronomies)


superamas

super-amas (alternative)
super amas (alternative)


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)


héliogaine

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


Vulcain

(astronomy, historical) Vulcan (hypothetical planet)


onde de choc

/ɔ̃d də ʃɔk/


amas d'étoiles

fr-noun

amas d'étoiles m (plural amas d'étoiles)


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).


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)


Persée

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).


Ultima Thule

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

Ultime Thulé (alternative)
Ultima Thulé (alternative)


éclipse solaire

fr-noun

éclipse solaire f (plural éclipses solaires)


magnitude absolue

magnitude absolue f (plural magnitudes absolues)


magnitude apparente

magnitude apparente f (plural magnitudes apparentes)


disque d'accrétion

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


naine noire

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


Lacaille

English: Lacaille

laCaille (alternative)
LaCaille (alternative)
la Caille (alternative)
La Caille (alternative)
de la Caille (alternative)
De La Caille (alternative)
De la Caille (alternative)
de La Caille (alternative)
delaCaille (alternative)
DeLaCaille (alternative)
deLaCaille (alternative)
deLacaille (alternative)
Delacaille (alternative)
DelaCaille (alternative)
de Lacaille (alternative)
de laCaille (alternative)
de LaCaille (alternative)
Caille (alternative)

(astrocartography) the star catalogue compiled by Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille


éclipse lunaire

éclipse lunaire f (plural éclipses lunaires)


supergéante bleue

supergéante bleue f (plural supergéantes bleues)


équinoxial

fr-adj

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

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


planète errante

fr-noun

planète errante f (plural planètes errantes)


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


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


éclipse totale

éclipse totale f (plural éclipses totales)


Perséide

From Latin Perseis. By surface analysis, Persée (“Perseus”) + -ide (“-id”)


Néréide

From Latin Nereis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs). By surface analysis, Nérée + -ide.