kometa

Borrowed from Russian коме́та (kométa).

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• Hyphenation: ko‧me‧ta

kometa (definite accusative kometanı, plural kometalar)

1. comet

• “kometa” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish cometa, first attested in 1627.

• IPA^(key): /kometa/ [ko.me.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta, -a
• Hyphenation: ko‧me‧ta

kometa inan

1. comet
2. kite

• “kometa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “kometa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Spanish cometa, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

• Hyphenation: ko‧me‧ta

kometa

1. comet

• IPA^(key): [ˈkomɛta]

kometa f

1. (astronomy) comet

Learned borrowing from Latin comēta.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈmɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: ko‧me‧ta

kometa f (diminutive kometka, related adjective komeciany or kometarny or kometowy)

1. comet (small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust, and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail)

   Hypernym: ciało niebieskie

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

• IPA^(key): /koměːta/

kométa f (Cyrillic spelling коме́та)

1. comet

• cometa — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Borrowed from Spanish cometa, Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koˈmeta/ [koˈmɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ko‧me‧ta
• Homophone: Cometa

kometa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜆ)

1. comet

   Synonyms: buntala, bulalakaw

The native bulalakaw, primarily used on meteors or meteorites, is often used in its place.

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

• kamote