astrolabe

English

An 18th century Persian astrolabe.

Etymology

From Middle English astrelabie et al., from Middle French astrolabe, Old French astrelabe, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæs.tɹəˌleɪb/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

astrolabe (plural astrolabes)

1. An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
   • 1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The shop carries more than a dozen sundials, mostly of bronze, plus an astrolabe ($650) of wrought iron.

   • 2007 November 11, Seth Sherwood, “36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The cafe serves a Moroccan breakfast (orange juice, yogurt, sweet crepes, honey and jam; 100 dirhams), and the Museum of Islamic Art offers wrought Persian astrolabes, Syrian copperwork and shimmering Moroccan textiles.

Derived terms

• astrolabic

 

Translations

astronomical and navigational instrument

• Arabic: أَسْطْرُلَاب m (ʔasṭrulāb)
• Armenian: աստրոլաբ (hy) (astrolab)
• Catalan: astrolabi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 星盤／星盘 (zh) (xīngpán)

• Corsican: astrolabiu m
• Czech: astroláb m
• Danish: astrolabium n
• Dutch: astrolabium (nl) n
• Esperanto: astrolabo
• Estonian: astrolaab
• Finnish: astrolabi
• French: astrolabe (fr) m
• Galician: astrolabio (gl) m
• Georgian: ასტროლაბი (asṭrolabi)
• German: Astrolabium (de) n, Sternhöhenmesser
• Greek: αστρολάβος (el) m (astrolávos)
• Hindi: तारेक्ष (tārekṣ)
• Hungarian: asztrolábium (hu)
• Ido: astrolabo (io)
• Italian: astrolabio (it) m, (rare) astrolabo
• Japanese: アストロラーベ (asutororābe)
• Kazakh: астролябия (astroläbiä)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 아스트롤라베 (aseuteurollabe)
• Kyrgyz: астролябия (astrolyabiya)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: astrolabs m, astrolabija f
• Lithuanian: astroliabija (lt) f
• Neapolitan: strulàbbio
• Occitan: astrolabi (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: اسطرلاب (usturlab)
• Persian: اسطرلاب (fa) (ostorlâb), اختریاب (axtaryâb), استرلاب (fa) (ostorlâb), ستاره‌یاب (setâre-yâb)
• Polish: astrolabium (pl) n
• Portuguese: astrolábio (pt) m
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: astrolab (ro) m
• Russian: астроля́бия (ru) f (astroljábija)
• Sanskrit: यन्त्रराज (sa) (yantrarāja)
• Slovak: astroláb m
• Slovene: astrolab (sl) m
• Spanish: astrolabio (es) m
• Swedish: astrolabium n
• Tajik: устурлоб (usturlob)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: usturlap (tr)
• Ukrainian: астроля́бія (uk) f (astroljábija)

See also

• compass
• sextant

Anagrams

• roastable

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.tʁɔ.lab/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: astrolabes
• Hyphenation: as‧tro‧labe
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

astrolabe m (plural astrolabes)

1. astrolabe

Further reading

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