cometa

Meaning

Noun

comet (celestial body with a “tail” of matter)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of cometer:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of cometer:

cometer

1. (transitive) to commit, practice, undertake
2. (alt-of, archaic, obsolete, pronominal) obsolete form of acometer

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Concepts

comet

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comet

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aphelion

heavenly body

Synonyms

Cometas

Translations

cometa

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comète

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cometa

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komeet

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Komet

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cometa

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kuyruklu yıldız

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مذنب

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κομήτης

cometes

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comētēs

Schweifstern

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مُذَنَّب

komítis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koˈme.tɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: comēta

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).