sputniko

Esperanto

FWOTD – 4 October 2017
Спутник 3

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)

  1. 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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