cometa

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeta/
• Syllabification: co‧me‧ta
• Rhymes: -eta

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. comet

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “cometa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeta/ [koˈme.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: co‧me‧ta

Noun

cometa m (plural cometes)

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

Catalan

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cometa

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈmɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈmə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈme.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).

Noun

cometa m (plural cometes)

1. comet

Etymology 2

From coma +‎ -eta.

Noun

cometa f (plural cometes)

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

Further reading

• “cometa”, 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
• “cometa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cometa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cometa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeta/ [koˈme.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. comet