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Pronunciation
AHD|k�m'�t
IPA|/�k�m�t/
SAMPA|/"kQm@t/
audio|en-us-comet.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�mɪt|-�mɪt
Etymology
From OF. comete (French: comète), from L. cometa, from AG. κομή�η� (kometes) "longhaired", referring to the tail of a comet, from κ�μη (kome) "hair".
Noun
en-noun
- astronomy A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in an (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
Derived terms
cometary
Related terms
periodic comet
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|�ذ�ب unicode|(muðánnab) m
Bosnian: kometa#Bosnian|kometa f
Breton: steredenn-lostek f
Bulgarian: коме�а (kométa) f
Czech: kometa f
Dutch: komeet m
Esperanto: kometo
Finnish: komeetta (scientific), pyrstötähti (old, colloquial)
French: comète f
German: Komet m
Hebrew: ש��� (shavyt') m
Ido: kometo
Indonesian: komet
Interlingua: cometa
Italian: cometa f
Japanese: �� (����, suiséi)
Latin: cometes m
Lithuanian: kometa f
Maltese: kometa f
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Mandarin: �� (huìxīng)
Min Nan:
Polish: kometa f
Portuguese: cometa m
Russian: коме�а (kométa) f
Serbian:
Sindhi: SDchar|پ����� تار� (puchhurru taarow) m
Slovene: komet m
Spanish: cometa m
Swedish: komet c
Telugu: త������� (toekachukka)
Vietnamese: sao ch�i
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