cometa
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmeta/
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: co‧me‧ta
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cometa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmeta/, [koˈme.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).
Further reading
- “cometa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cometa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cometa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cometa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmeta/ [koˈme.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta
Italian
Etymology
From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈme.ta/, /koˈmɛ.ta/[1]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eta, -ɛta
- Hyphenation: co‧mé‧ta, co‧mè‧ta
References
- cometa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- cometa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- cometa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- cometa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- cometa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- cometa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈmeː.ta/, [kɔˈmeːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈme.ta/, [koˈmɛːt̪ä]
Noun
comēta m (genitive comētae); first declension
- Alternative form of comētēs
- 1666, Theatri Cometici Exitus De Significatione Cometarum, page 2:
- Rem mihi pergratam & publico per utilem, Vir Humanissime, fecisti, quod occasione operis mei & sententiae de Significatione Cometarum multa, eaque gravia, dubia moveris.
- Most kind man, you have done me a very pleasing service and the public a very useful service, because you have removed many, and serious, problems on the occasion of my work and opinion on the Significance of Comets.
- 1833, Supplement to Dr. Bradley's Miscellaneous Works: with an Account of Harriot's Astronomical Papers, page 54:
- Docet philosophia Newtoniana cometas equidem ac planetas attractionis vi, quae in ratione duplicata distantiarum reciproca a sole est, in orbibus ellipticis circa solem in communi foco positum revolvi.
- Newtonian physics teaches that comets, just like planets, circle in elliptical orbits around the sun as a common focus, by the force of attraction which is proportional to the inverse squared distance from the sun.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈme.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈme.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈme.tɐ/
- Rhymes: (most dialects) -etɐ, (Southern Brazil) -eta
- Hyphenation: co‧mê‧ta
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).
Related terms
- cometário
- cometologia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cometa
- inflection of cometer:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cometa” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “cometa” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “cometa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “cometa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “cometa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “cometa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmeta/ [koˈme.t̪a]
Audio (Cometa): (file) - Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: co‧me‧ta
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: kometa
Noun
cometa f (plural cometas)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cometa
- inflection of cometer:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cometa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014