cosmonaut
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈkɒzməˌnɔt/
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cosmonauta
- You know that story of the Russian cosmonaut?
- Soviet cosmonauts
And he's kind of got the hots for the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.
- And he's kind of got the hots for the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.
- And I thought, gosh, I can't not go to Russia and meet with like, Pavel Popovich, cosmonaut.
Examples
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The Russian cosmonaut seemed almost melancholy, which surprised Jamie.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oh my God, it's world famous Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov.
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Yeah, did another Russian cosmonaut land on the island and leave without us?
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Have you always wanted to be a cosmonaut?
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Are you supposed to be a cosmonaut?
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And it was a Russian cosmonaut called Alexei Leonov.
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On June 14, cosmonaut Valeri Bykovsky launched aboard Vostok 5.
Blog text (22) -
In 1961, the world changed when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew his historic journey around the Earth in a record time of an hour and forty-eight minutes.
Academic text (2012) -
The Soviet Union has honored two cosmonauts on cupronickel 1 ruble coins: Yuri Gagarin, the first human to go to space.
Academic text (1995) -
Many children dream of becoming a cosmonaut one day and exploring outer space.
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who is trained to travel and work in a vehicle that goes into space
Surface Forms
Morphology
cosmonaut = cosmo + naut
Although the word is built from classical elements meaning roughly 'universe' and 'sailor/traveler', that structure is not transparent to an average B1 learner and the specialized space-program sense is not directly predictable.
Etymology
Cosmonaut was made in Russian from Greek parts: cosmo- from 'kosmos' meaning 'universe', and -naut from 'sailor', the same root you see in astronaut and nautical. So a cosmonaut is a 'sailor of the universe', which explains why it means a Russian space traveller.