cometa

Asturian

Noun

cometa m (plural cometes)

1. (astronomy) comet (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

cometa m (plural cometes)

1. comet

Etymology 2

Noun

cometa f (plural cometes)

1. quotation mark (one of the symbols ', ", «, or »)

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Galician

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. comet

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Italian

Pronunciation

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Noun

cometa f (plural comete)

1. comet

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈmeː.ta/, [kɔˈmeːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈme.ta/, [koˈmɛːt̪ä]

Noun

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of comētēs

Descendants

• French: comète

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈme.ta/, /ko.ˈme.tɐ/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cometa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).

Noun

cometa m (plural s)

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

Related terms

• cometário
• cometologia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cometer (“to commit”).

Verb

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ko̞ˈme̞.ta̠]

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin comēta, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. (astronomy) comet

cometa f (plural cometas)

1. kite

Etymology 2

See cometer

Verb

cometa

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cometer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cometer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cometer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cometer.