Polyglot Dictionary

astronaute

/as.tʁo.not/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les astronautes

Meaning

  1. astronaut

    • L'astronaute marche sur la lune.

      The astronaut walks on the moon.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cosmonaute

Worth distinguishing: cosmonaute specifically refers to a Russian/Soviet space traveller; astronaute is the general word.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

astronauta

astronauta is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "astronaut."

Portuguese

astronauta

astronauta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "astronaut."

Practice

1 What does astronaute mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'___ marche sur la lune.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches astronaute?

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