galaxy
English
/ˈɡaləksi/, /ˈɡæləksi/
noun
Definitions
- (now) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
- (galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
- (fashion) Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English galaxye derived from Old French galaxie derived from Latin galaxias (galaxy, Milky way) derived from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (Milky Way, milky).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γαλαξίας
Gloss
Milky Way, milky
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigalaxy English
- galaxylike English
- galaxywide English
- metagalaxy English
- nugget English
- protogalaxy English
- red English
- red nugget galaxy English
- submillimeter English
- submillimeter galaxy English
- supergalaxy English
- galaxias Latin
- galaxias, galaxiās Latin
- galaxiās Latin
- Galaxie German
- гала́ктика Russian
- галактический Russian
- galaxia Spanish, Castilian
- γαλαξίας Ancient Greek
- γᾰ́λᾰ Ancient Greek
- galakse Norwegian Bokmål
- galakse Norwegian Nynorsk
- galaxye Middle English
- galaxie Old French
- galaxia Galician
- กาแล็กซี Thai
- galaeth Welsh
- galaktika Latvian
- ဂယ်လက်ဆီ Burmese
- галактика Kazakh
- גלקסיה Hebrew (modern)
- galaksi Swahili
- галактик Mongolian
- galaktika Uzbek
- galaksi Javanese