spaceman

English

A spaceman, floating in space.

Etymology

From space +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspeɪsˌmæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsmæn

Noun

spaceman (plural spacemen)

1. (informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

   I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.

2. (informal) A humanoid extraterrestrial.
   • 1972, Prochnow, Herbert V. (Herbert Victor), 1897-1998, 1000 stories and illustrations for all occasions‎^[1], →OCLC:

     A spaceman from Mars could easily pick out the most civilized nations here. They are the only ones who know how to make atom bombs.

   • 1977, Ortzen, Len, Strange stories of UFOs‎^[2], →OCLC:

     While in Los Angeles he was contacted by a spaceman from Saturn whose name was Ramu […]

   • 2011, Wolfsblume, Jack, Paranormal‎^[3], →OCLC:

     He was out UFO-hunting in the Mojave Desert, California, when he was greeted by a tall, blond spaceman from Venus

Synonyms

(astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

(male astronaut):

• rocketman

Hypernyms

(male astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

Hyponyms

(astronaut):

• taikonaut (Chinese space program)
• cosmonaut (Soviet and Russian space programs)
• spationaut (European space programs)
• spacewoman (female astronaut)

Derived terms

• (astronaut): spacewoman
• spacemanship

Related terms

• spacewoman

Translations

astronaut

• Bulgarian: космона́вт (bg) m (kosmonávt)
• Cornish: den efanvos m, stervarner m
• Danish: astronaut (da) c, rumfarer c, rummand c, kosmonaut (da) c (if from the USSR or Russia)
• Finnish: avaruuslentäjä (fi)
• French: astronaute (fr) m or f (US), cosmonaute (fr) m or f (USSR/Russia), spationaute (fr) m or f (EU)
• German: Raumfahrer (de) m, Weltraumfahrer (de) m, Astronaut (de) m, Kosmonaut (de) m, Spationaut (de) m
• Interlingua: astronauta
• Italian: astronauta (it) m or f, cosmonauta (it) m or f
• Lithuanian: kosmonautas m (if from the USSR or Russia), astronautas m (if from the US)
• Polish: astronauta (pl) m, kosmonauta (pl) m
• Portuguese: astronauta (pt) m or f, cosmonauta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: astronaut (ro) m
• Russian: космона́вт (ru) m (kosmonávt), (US) астрона́вт (ru) m (astronávt)
• Spanish: astronauta (es) m or f, hombre del espacio m, cosmonauta (es) m or f,
• Swedish: rymdfarare (sv) c, astronaut (sv) c
• Tagalog: taunlawak

Anagrams

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