astro-

See also: Astro, astro, and -astro

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”).

Prefix

astro-

1. celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy
2. (specifically) stars

   Hyponym: helio-

   ‎astro- + ‎centric → ‎astrocentric

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with astro-

• astrogation
• astrolabe
• astrologer
• astrology
• astronaut
• astronautics
• astronomical
• astronomer
• astronomy
• astrophysics

Related terms

• aster

Translations

celestial bodies

• Asturian: astro-
• Catalan: astro-
• Czech: astro- (cs)
• Finnish: astro- (fi)
• French: astro- (fr)
• Galician: astro-
• Georgian: ასტრო- (asṭro-)
• German: astro- (de)
• Italian: astro-
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: astro- (ku), stêr-

• Polish: astro- (pl)
• Portuguese: astro-
• Russian: астро- (ru) (astro-)
• Spanish: astro- (es)

Anagrams

• Astor, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, ratos, roast, rotas, sorta, taros, tarso-

Catalan

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with astro-

Further reading

• “astro-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [astro ]

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with astro-

Related terms

• asteroid
• astra
• astrální

 

Further reading

• “astro-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• astro- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-; (pertaining to stars)

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with astro-

Further reading

• “astro-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑstroː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with astro-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English astro-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑstro-/, [ˈɑ̝s̠.tro̞-]

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with astro-

Anagrams

• sorat, stora

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.tʁo/

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with astro-

Further reading

• “astro-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with astro-

Italian

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with astro-

Anagrams

• Tarso, rosta, sarto, sorta, staro, starò, tarso

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with astro-

References

• “astro-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with astro-

References

• “astro-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.trɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -astrɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

   ‎astro- + ‎fizyka → ‎astrofizyka

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with astro-

Further reading

• astro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with astro-

Romanian

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with astro-

Related terms

• astru

Spanish

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with astro-

Further reading

• “astro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Prefix

astro-

1. astro-; pertaining to stars

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with astro-

Anagrams

• ostar, roats, rosta, stora, trosa