meteoroid

English

Etymology

From meteor +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)

Noun

meteoroid (plural meteoroids)

(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

Hypernyms

celestial object

Hyponyms

micrometeoroid

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

small debris in a star system

Arabic: نَيْزَك (nayzak)
Esperanto: meteoroido
Finnish: meteoroidi (fi)
French: météoroïde (fr) m
German: Meteorit (de) m
Icelandic: reikisteinn m, geimsteinn (is) m, geimgrýti n
Irish: dreigeoideach m
Italian: meteoroide (it) m
Persian: شهاب‌وار (šahâb-vâr), نیزک (neyzak)
Polish: meteoroid (pl)
Portuguese: meteoróide (pt) m
Spanish: meteoroide (es) m
Tagalog: bulalayak

References

meteoroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English meteoroid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.tɛ.ɔˈrɔ.it/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔit
Syllabification: me‧te‧o‧ro‧id

Noun

meteoroid m inan (related adjective meteoroidowy)

(astronomy) meteoroid (relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere)
Coordinate terms: meteor, meteoryt
(astronomy) meteor, falling star, shooting star (fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star)
Synonyms: meteor, spadająca gwiazda

Declension

Declension of meteoroid

	singular	plural
nominative	meteoroid	meteoroidy
genitive	meteoroidu	meteoroidów
dative	meteoroidowi	meteoroidom
accusative	meteoroid	meteoroidy
instrumental	meteoroidem	meteoroidami
locative	meteoroidzie	meteoroidach
vocative	meteoroidzie	meteoroidy

Further reading

meteoroid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
meteoroid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
meteoroidy in PWN's encyclopedia