Comet

//ˈkɒmɪt//

Synonyms for "comet" (31 found)

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Translations

168 translations across 118 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • komeet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kometë noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مذنب noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • مُذَنَّب noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գիսաստղ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ধূমকেতু noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • комета noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • ҡойроҡло йондоҙ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Basque

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • каме́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • камэ́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ধূমকেতু noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Breton

1 entries
  • steredenn-lostek noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • коме́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကြယ်တံခွန် noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Catalan

1 entries
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Chechen

1 entries
  • комета noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 彗星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 掃帚星 /扫帚星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 長尾星 /长尾星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 彗星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 掃把星 /扫把星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 彗星 name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • 彗星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 掃帚星 /扫帚星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 掃把星 /扫把星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Czech

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Danish

1 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ގިނިހިލަ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Dutch

2 entries
  • komeet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • staartster noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kometo noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Estonian

2 entries
  • komeet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • sabatäht noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Fijian

1 entries
  • kalokalo vaka-buina noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Finnish

3 entries
  • Komeetta name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • komeetta noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • pyrstötähti noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

French

2 entries
  • Comète name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • comète noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Galician

1 entries
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კომეტა noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

German

1 entries
  • Komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Greek

2 entries
  • Κομήτης name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • κομήτης noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ધૂમકેતુ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • પૂંછડિયો તારો noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כּוֹכַב שָׁבִיט noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • שָׁבִיט noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Hindi

4 entries
  • केतु noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • केतुग्रह noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • केतुतारा noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • धूमकेतु noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • üstökös noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • halastjarna noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Ido

1 entries
  • kometo noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • دُنْبالِه دار noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • دُنْبالِهدار noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • کومِت noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Irish

1 entries
  • cóiméad noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Italian

2 entries
  • Cometa name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Japanese

3 entries
  • コメット name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • 彗星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 箒星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಧೂಮಕೇತು noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • комета noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ធូមកេតុ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • ផ្កាយដុះកន្ទុយ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Korean

1 entries
  • 혜성 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • къуйрукълу юлдуз noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • комета noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • куйруктуу жылдыз noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Lao

1 entries
  • ດາວຫາງ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Latin

2 entries
  • comētēs noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • stella crītīna noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Latvian

1 entries
  • komēta noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Koméit noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

1 entries
  • ᦡᦱᧁᦠᦱᧂ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • коме́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Malay

1 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ധൂമകേതു noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • വാൽനക്ഷത്രം noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡝᡵᡳᡴᡠ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Marathi

1 entries
  • धूमकेतू noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • pugtewit noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сүүлт од noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Māori

2 entries
  • unahiroa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • whetūrere noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Nandi

1 entries
  • cheptapis noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Navajo

1 entries
  • sǫʼtsoh jóhonaaʼéí yináalwołígíí noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Nepali

1 entries
  • धूमकेतु noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Norman

1 entries
  • conmète noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dûvstêr noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଧୂମକେତୁ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Okinawan

2 entries
  • 入り髪星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • 箒星 noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قویروقلو یلدز noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Pali

1 entries
  • dhūmaketu noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Pashto

1 entries
  • لکۍ لرونکی ستوری noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Polish

2 entries
  • Kometek name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • Cometa name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਧੂਮਕੇਤੂ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cometă noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Russian

1 entries
  • коме́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • उपग्रह noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • केतु noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • केतुतारा noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • धूमकेतु noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • reul earballach noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • reul-chearbach noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kométa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • коме́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • پُڇُڙُ تارو noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • වල්ගාතරු noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kométa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Slovene

2 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • repatica noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Somali

2 entries
  • dibdheer noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • seef-cireed noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • куйрукту јылдыс noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Cometa name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • Veloz name (reindeer of Santa Claus)
  • cometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • guashuma noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Swedish

1 entries
  • komet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • bandus noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • barikod noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tai Nüa

1 entries
  • ᥘᥣᥝᥞᥣᥒᥴ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tajik

2 entries
  • дунболадор noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • комета noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வால்வெள்ளி noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tatar

1 entries
  • комета noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తోకచుక్క noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Thai

1 entries
  • ดาวหาง noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tlingit

1 entries
  • xoodzí noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kuyruklu yıldız noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • кудуруктуг сылдыс noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Tày

1 entries
  • đao hang noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • быжокизили noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • коме́та noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Urdu

3 entries
  • دُم دار تارا noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • دُومْکیت noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)
  • کومِٹ noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قۇيرۇقلۇق يۇلتۇز noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kometa noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sao chổi noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Welsh

1 entries
  • comed noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • komeet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאָמעט noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìràwọ̀ onírù noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • agyuliq noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • ndaundeiqsauqbaet noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Zulu

1 entries
  • inkanyezi enomsila noun (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years.

Source: tatoeba (34986)

Halley's Comet will come back in 2061.

Source: tatoeba (34987)

That's how he discovered the comet.

Source: tatoeba (51202)

He claimed that he had discovered a new comet.

Source: tatoeba (299922)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.