Copernicus

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Copernicus

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Copernicus.

Proper noun

Copernicus

1. Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

Derived terms

• Copernican
• copernicium

Translations

surname of Nicolaus Copernicus

Arabic: كُوبِرْنِيكُوس m (kubirnikus) Bulgarian: Копе́рник m (Kopérnik) Catalan: Copèrnic m Chinese: Mandarin: 哥白尼 (zh) (Gēbáiní) Czech: Koperník m Danish: Kopernikus Esperanto: Koperniko Finnish: Kopernikus German: Copernicus, Kopernikus m, Koppernick Greek: Κοπέρνικος (el) m (Kopérnikos) Hindi: कोपरनिकस (koparnikas) Italian: Copernico m Japanese: コペルニクス (Koperunikusu) Korean: 코페르니쿠스 (Kopereunikuseu) Persian: کوپرنیک (kupernik) Polish: Kopernik (pl) m Portuguese: Copérnico m Russian: Копе́рник (ru) m (Kopérnik) Spanish: Copérnico

Anagrams

• superconic

Latin

Alternative forms

• Coppernicus

Etymology

Latinized from Old Polish Kopernik + -us.

Proper noun

Copernicus m sg (genitive Copernicī); second declension

1. (Renaissance Latin, New Latin) a male surname from Polish — famously held by:
   1. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer and mathematician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Copernicus
genitive	Copernicī
dative	Copernicō
accusative	Copernicum
ablative	Copernicō
vocative	Copernice

Descendants

• → Catalan: Copèrnic (learned)
• → English: Copernicus
• → German: Copernicus, Kopernikus