orbita

See also: órbita, orbitá, òrbita, orbità, orbīta, orbītā, and orbită

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orbita (“a circuit, orbit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.bɪt.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.bət.ə/

Noun

orbita (plural orbitae)

1. (anatomy) Obsolete form of orbit.

Anagrams

• aborti, bioart

Catalan

Verb

orbita

1. inflection of orbitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈorbɪta]

Noun

orbita f

1. orbit (the bony cavity containing the eyeball)

   Synonyms: oční důlek, oční jamka, očnice

Declension

Declension of orbita (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	orbita	orbity
genitive	orbity	orbit
dative	orbitě	orbitám
accusative	orbitu	orbity
vocative	orbito	orbity
locative	orbitě	orbitách
instrumental	orbitou	orbitami

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From orbito +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /orˈbita/

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: or‧bi‧ta

Adjective

orbita (accusative singular orbitan, plural orbitaj, accusative plural orbitajn)

1. orbital

French

Verb

orbita

1. third-person singular past historic of orbiter

Anagrams

• robait

Galician

Verb

orbita

1. inflection of orbitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

orbita

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orbita. Doublet of orbit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /orˈbita/ [orˈbi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: or‧bi‧ta

Noun

orbita (plural orbita-orbita)

1. orbit:
   1. (anatomy) the bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball
   2. (zoology) the area around the eye of a bird or other animal

Further reading

• “orbita”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

orbita

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 1

From Latin orbita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.bi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbita
• Hyphenation: òr‧bi‧ta

Noun

orbita f (plural orbite)

1. (astronomy, mathematics) orbit
2. (anatomy) eye socket, orbit

   Synonyms: cavità orbitale, cavità orbitaria

Derived terms

• orbitale
• orbitario
• orbitare

Etymology 2

Verb

orbita

1. inflection of orbitare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• orbita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Rabito, aborti, abortì, borati, orbati, tiorba