argonaut

See also: Argonaut

English

argonaut (sense 1)

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

2. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
   • 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:

     Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.

3. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
4. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Derived terms

• greater argonaut
• jargonaut

 

Translations

a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta

• Fijian: vocenikuita
• French: argonaute (fr)
• Hawaiian: moamoa waʻa, ʻauwaʻalālua
• Maori: muheke
• Polish: argonauta (pl) m, żeglarek m
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m or f
• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)

an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest

• Greek: αργοναύτης m (argonáftis)
• Polish: argonauta (pl) m
• Portuguese: argonauta (pt) m or f
• Russian: аргона́вт (ru) m (argonávt)
• Swedish: argonaut (sv) c

Further reading

• argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French argonaute.

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonauți)

1. argonaut

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	argonaut	argonautul		argonauți	argonauții
genitive-dative	argonaut	argonautului		argonauți	argonauților
vocative	argonautule			argonauților