planeta

From Latin planēta.

planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

Borrowed from Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pləˈnɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pləˈnə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [plaˈne.ta]

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planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

planeta f (plural planetes)

1. destiny; fate

   Synonym: destí

• Originally this noun was feminine in all senses, but in modern Catalan, the sense of planet is now masculine.

• “planeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “planeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “planeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “planeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Spanish planeta.

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/, [plaˈne.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

planeta

1. planet

Inherited from Old Czech planeta, planéta, from Latin planeta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈplanɛta]

planeta f

1. (astronomy) planet

   Synonym: oběžnice

• “planeta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “planeta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “planeta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /plaˈne.ta/

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planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

• planeta anano
• planetario

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “planeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “planeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “planeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “planeta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “planeta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

planeta (plural planetas)

1. planet

• planētēs

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫaˈneː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [plaˈnɛː.t̪a]

planēta m (genitive planētae); first declension

1. planet (wandering star)
   • 1553, Luminarum atque Planetarum motuum Tabulae octogina quinque, omnium ex his quae Alphonsum sequuntur quam faciles‎^[1]:

     Si vero pro inveniendo loca planetarum, seu alio modo tabulas operari volueris ad quemvis meridianum, computa distantiam illius meridiani ad quem calculare cupis ad meridianum tuum.

     Specifically, if you want to use the tables to find the locations of planets for any meridian, compute the distance between that table's meridian to the meridian of that which you want to calculate.

   • 1833, Supplement to Dr. Bradley's Miscellaneous Works: with an Account of Harriot's Astronomical Papers, page 54:

     Docet philosophia Newtoniana cometas equidem ac planetas attractionis vi, quae in ratione duplicata distantiarum reciproca a sole est, in orbibus ellipticis circa solem in communi foco positum revolvi.

     Newtonian physics teaches that comets, just like planets, circle in elliptical orbits around the sun as a common focus, by the force of attraction which is proportional to the inverse squared distance from the sun.

First-declension noun.

• stēlla errāns

• planētula (New Latin)
• planētārium (New Latin)

• “planeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "planeta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• planeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• planeta in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

• IPA^(key): [plɐneˈtɐ]

planetà f (plural planètos) stress pattern 2

1. planet

• dangaus kūnas

• planas
• plentas

• planeto (Provence)

From Latin planēta.

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planeta f (plural planetas)

1. planet

Learned borrowing from Latin planēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), from πλανάω (planáō) + -της (-tēs). First attested in 1300.

planeta m or f (plural planetas)

1. planet

• Fala: planeta
• Galician: planeta
• Portuguese: planeta

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “planeta”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “planeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “planeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Learned borrowing from Latin planēta.

• IPA^(key): /plaˈnɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

planeta f (diminutive planetka, related adjective planetarny or planetowy)

1. (astronomy) planet (body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion, and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple stars) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)

   Synonym: glob

   Hypernym: ciało niebieskie

• planeta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• planeta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• planety in PWN's encyclopedia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.

• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

• planetário

• “planeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• plànēt m (Croatia)

• IPA^(key): /planěːta/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

planéta f (Cyrillic spelling плане́та)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) planet

From Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”).

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plaˈne.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet
   • 2023 August 20, Jordi Quixano, “España se hace inmortal con la conquista de su primer Mundial femenino”, in El País‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 August 2023:

     Es, sin embargo, el relato de una selección que en pocos años ha hecho mucho, siempre a rebufo de las grandes potencias como Estados Unidos, Alemania o los equipos nórdicos; ahora referencial y ejemplo del planeta fútbol porque, igualado el físico, no hay quien le tosa ni le quite el balón o la identidad.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “planeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish planeta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plɐˈn̪ɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

planeta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈᜒᜆ)

1. planet

   Synonym: buntala

   • 1998, Batayang Heograpiya‎^[4], Goodwill Trading Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 9:

     Paano naglalakbay ang mga planeta sa kalawakan?

     How do the planets travel in space?

• planetaryo
• planetaryum

• “planeta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018