sputniko
Esperanto
FWOTD – 4 October 2017
Etymology
From the names of the first artificial satellites to orbit Earth, from Russian спу́тник (spútnik, “fellow traveller”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sputˈniko]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Hyphenation: sput‧ni‧ko
Noun
sputniko (accusative singular sputnikon, plural sputnikoj, accusative plural sputnikojn)
- artificial satellite, sputnik.
- Synonyms: artefarita satelito, artsatelito
- Hypernym: satelito
- 1963 January, Donald J. Harlow, “Noveveninto”, in Norda Prismo, pages 16–19:
- Ni ne estas antikvaj ĉinoj; oni ne povas enorbitigi sputnikojn pere de pulvo!
- We are not ancient Chinese; we cannot put satellites into orbit by means of gunpowder!
- 2001 June, “Gaston Waringhien”, in La Ondo de Esperanto:
- Grand Dictionnaire Espéranto-Français aperis en oktobro 1957, samtempe kun la unua sovetia sputniko, kaj por triona jarcento estis la plej bona Esperanta-nacilingva vortaro — nur en la jaroj 1990aj estis eldonitaj pli ampleksaj vortaroj.
- Grand Dictionnaire Espéranto-Français appeared in October 1957, simultaneously with the first Soviet sputnik, and for a third of a century was the best Esperanto–national-language dictionary — only in the 1990s were published more comprehensive dictionaries.
- 2002 November 8, “Ĉina Radio Internacia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- En la lastaj 10 jaroj Ĉinio jam sukcese pafis 27 sputnikojn por pli ol 10 landoj.
- In the last 10 years, China has already successfully shot off 27 satellites for more than 10 countries.
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