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cometes

Meaning

(declension-1) a comet, meteor, shooting star
(declension-1) a portent of disaster

κομήτης

مُذَنَّب

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɔˈmeː.teːs]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired; comet”), from κομᾰ́ω (komắō, “I have long hair”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”), the former from κόμη (kómē, “hair”) which itself was borrowed into Latin as coma.