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See also:Satellite

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:

Satellite

Wikipedia

Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchsatellite, fromLatinsatelles(“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps ofEtruscan origin.

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): /ˈsætəlaɪt/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Audio(US): (file)

Noun

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satellite (pluralsatellites)

Amoon or other smaller bodyorbiting a larger one.[from 17th c.]
The Moon is a naturalsatellite of the Earth.
A spent upper stage is a derelictsatellite.
Aman-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.[from 20th c.]
Many telecommunicationsatellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
Acountry,state,office,building etc. which is under thejurisdiction,influence, ordomination of another body.[from 19th c.]
(now rare) Anattendant on an important person; a member of someone'sretinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; ahenchman.[from 16th c.]
- 1603,Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, inJohn Florio, transl.,The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes forEdward Blount […],→OCLC:
  We read in the Bible, thatNicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent hisSatellites to apprehend the good old manRasias […].
- 1826,Woodstock,Walter Scott,page348:
  […]he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tallsatellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest […]. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer […].
- 1948, Willard E. Hawkins,The Technique of Fiction: A Basic Course in Story Writing,page169:
  The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type ofsatellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance […].
(colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception oftelevision broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.[from 20th c.]
Do you havesatellite at your house?
(grammar) Agrammatical construct that takes various forms and mayencode apath ofmovement, achange ofstate, or the grammaticalaspect. Examples: "a bird flewpast"; "she turnedon the light".
(genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- 1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, inRailway Magazine, page82:
  Ahead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomysatellites hung like an incubus over the land.

Usage notes

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The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes calledartificial satellites to distinguish them fromnatural satellites such as theMoon.

Synonyms

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(artificial orbital body):sat(abbreviation)

attendant on an important person

Bulgarian:придружи́тел (bg) m(pridružítel)
Chinese:
Mandarin:随从 (zh)(suícóng),追随者 (zh)(zhuīsuízhě),仆从 (zh)(púcóng),僕從 /仆从 (zh)(púcóng),追隨者 /追随者 (zh)(zhuīsuízhě),隨從 /随从 (zh)(suícóng)
Danish:drabant c
Finnish:apuri (fi)(neutral);kätyri (fi)(evil or derogatory)
German:Begleiter (de) m,Gefolgsmann (de) m
Japanese:従者 (ja)(じゅうしゃ, jūsha)
Latin:satellites f
Turkmen:hemra

a body orbiting a larger one

Arabic:قَمَر (ar) m(qamar)
Armenian:արբանյակ (hy)(arbanyak)
Azerbaijani:süni peyk,peyk (az)
Basque:satelite
Belarusian:сатэлі́т m(satelít),спадаро́жнік (be) m(spadaróžnik)
Bengali:উপগ্রহ (bn)(upogroho)
Bulgarian:сатели́т (bg) m(satelít),спъ́тник (bg) m(spǎ́tnik)
Burmese:အရံဂြိုဟ်(a.ramgruih)
Catalan:satèl·lit (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese:衛星 /卫星(wai⁶ sing¹)
Mandarin:衛星 /卫星 (zh)(wèixīng)
Czech:družice (cs) f
Danish:satellit c,drabant c
Finnish:kiertolainen (fi)
French:satellite (fr) m
Galician:satélite (gl) m
Georgian:თანამგზავრი(tanamgzavri)
German:Trabant (de) m,Begleiter (de) m,Satellit (de) m
Greek:δορυφόρος (el) m(doryfóros)
Hindi:उपग्रह (hi) m(upagrah),प्राकृतिक उपग्रह m(prākŕtik upagrah)
Icelandic:tungl (is) n,fylgihnöttur (is) m,gervitungl (is) n
Irish:satailít f
Japanese:衛星 (ja)(えいせい, eisei)
Korean:위성(衛星) (ko)(wiseong)
Lao:ບໍລິວານ
Latin:satelles planētae m(literally“planet's escort”)
Malay:satelit
Manx:fo-phlannad m,mac-plannad m
Maori:amiorangi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:дагуул (mn)(daguul)
Mongolian:ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢ(daɣaɣuli)
Persian:
Iranian Persian:قَمَر(ğamar)
Polish:satelita (pl) m
Portuguese:satélite (pt) m
Punjabi:ਉਪਗ੍ਰਹਿ (pa) m(upagrhi)
Romanian:satelit (ro) m
Russian:сателли́т (ru) m(satellít),спу́тник (ru) m(spútnik)
Slovak:družica f
Spanish:satélite (es) m
Swedish:satellit (sv) c
Thai:บริวาร (th)(bɔɔ-rí-waan)
Turkish:peyk (tr),uydu (tr)
Turkmen:hemra
Ukrainian:сателі́т (uk) m(satelít),супу́тник (uk) m(supútnyk)
Urdu:سَیَّارْچَہ m(sayyārca)
Vietnamese:vệ tinh (vi)
Welsh:lleuad (cy) (moon)

country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body

Armenian:արբանյակ (hy)(arbanyak)
Bulgarian:сатели́т (bg) m(satelít)
Dutch:satellietstaat (nl) m
Finnish:vasallivaltio (fi)(country);nukkehallitus (fi)(government);sivutoimisto,haarakonttori(office);sivurakennus (fi)(building);sivu- (fi),ala- (fi)
Greek:δορυφόρος (el) m(doryfóros)
Japanese:(prefix):衛星 (ja)(えいせい, eisei),サテライト (ja)(sateraito)
Korean:위성(衛星) (ko)(wiseong),(country or government)괴뢰(傀儡) (ko)(goeroe)
Russian:сателли́т (ru) m(satellít)

man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body

Albanian:satelit (sq) m
Arabic:قَمَر اِصْطِنَاعِيّ m(qamar iṣṭināʕiyy)
Armenian:արբանյակ (hy)(arbanyak)
Azerbaijani:peyk (az)
Basque:satelite
Belarusian:спадаро́жнік (be) m(spadaróžnik),сатэлі́т m(satelít)
Bengali:উপগ্রহ (bn)(upogroho)
Bulgarian:спъ́тник (bg) m(spǎ́tnik),сатели́т (bg) m(satelít)
Burmese:ဂြိုဟ်တု (my)(gruihtu.)
Catalan:satèl·lit (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:衛星 /卫星 (zh)(wèixīng),人造衛星 /人造卫星 (zh)(rénzào wèixīng)
Czech:satelit (cs) m,družice (cs) f
Danish:satellit c
Dutch:satelliet (nl) m,kunstmaan (nl) f or m
Esperanto:satelito
Estonian:satelliit
Faroese:fylgisveinur m
Finnish:satelliitti (fi),tekokuu (fi)
French:satellite (fr) m
Galician:satélite (gl) m
Georgian:ხელოვნური თანამგზავრი(xelovnuri tanamgzavri),სატელიტი(saṭeliṭi)
German:Satellit (de) m,Orbiter (de) m,umkreisender Raumflugkörper m
Greek:δορυφόρος (el) m(doryfóros)
Hebrew:לַויָן (he) m(lav'yan)
Hindi:उपग्रह (hi) m(upagrah),कृत्रिम उपग्रह (hi) m(kŕtrim upagrah)
Hungarian:műhold (hu)
Icelandic:gervitungl (is) n,gervihnöttur (is) m
Indonesian:satelit (id)
Irish:satailít f
Italian:satellite (it) m
Japanese:人工衛星 (ja)(じんこうえいせい, jinkō eisei),衛星 (ja)(えいせい, eisei),サテライト (ja)(sateraito)
Kazakh:серік(serık)
Khmer:តារារណប(taaraa rɔnɑɑp)
Korean:인공위성(人工衛星) (ko)(in'gong'wiseong)
Kyrgyz:спутник (ky)(sputnik),сателлит (ky)(satellit)
Lao:ດາວທຽມ (lo)(dāo thīam)
Latvian:pavadonis
Lithuanian:palydovas (lt) m
Macedonian:сатели́т m(satelít)
Malay:satelit
Maori:waka āmiorangi
Mongolian:хиймэл дагуул(xiimel daguul)
Mongolian:ᢈᠢᠮᠡᠯ
ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢ
Norman:satellite m(Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:satelitt
Persian:
Iranian Persian:ماهْوارِه(mâhvâre),قَمَرِ مَصْنوعی(ğamar-e masnu'i)
Polish:sztuczny satelita m,satelita (pl) m,sputnik (pl) m
Portuguese:satélite (pt) m
Romanian:satelit (ro)
Russian:спу́тник (ru) m(spútnik),сателли́т (ru) m(satellít)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:сателит m
Roman:satelit (sh) m
Shan:လၢဝ်ပွမ် (shn)(lǎao pǎum),လၢဝ်ထဵမ်း(lǎao tháem)
Slovak:umelá družica f,družica f
Slovene:satelit (sl) m
Spanish:satélite (es) m
Swahili:satelaiti
Swedish:satellit (sv) c
Tagalog:buntabay,likhang buntabay
Tajik:моҳвора (tg)(mohvora)
Thai:ดาวเทียม (th)(daao-tiiam)
Turkish:uydu (tr),yapay uydu
Turkmen:hemra
Ukrainian:супу́тник (uk) m(supútnyk),сателі́т (uk) m(satelít)
Urdu:مَصْنُوعی سَیَّارْچَہ m(masnū'ī sayyārca)
Uyghur:ھەمرا(hemra)
Uzbek:sputnik,yoʻldosh (uz),satellit (uz)
Vietnamese:vệ tinh (vi) (衛星),vệ tinh nhân tạo
Welsh:lloeren (cy)

colloquial: satellite TV

Bulgarian:сателитна телевизия f(satelitna televizija)
Finnish:satelliittitelkkari
Greek:δορυφορική (el) f(doryforikí)
Japanese:衛星放送 (ja)(えいせいほうそう, eisei hōsō)
Korean:위성방송(衛星放送)(wiseongbangsong)
Turkish:uydu (tr)
Turkmen:hemra
Vietnamese:truyền hình vệ tinh

grammatical construct

Chinese:
Mandarin:衛星 /卫星 (zh)(wèixīng)
French:satellite (fr) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Icelandic:(general)^{(pleaseverify)}fylgihnöttur (is) m,(artificial)^(please verify)gervitungl (is) n,(artificial)^(please verify)gervihnöttur (is) m,(natural)^(please verify)tungl (is) n,(natural)^(please verify)fylgitungl n
Lao:^(please verify)ດາວທຽມ (lo)(dāo thīam)
Sindhi:^{(pleaseverify)}اُپگرهه m
Telugu:^(please verify)ఉప్గ్రహం(upgrahaṁ)

Verb

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satellite (third-person singular simple presentsatellites,present participlesatelliting,simple past and past participlesatellited)

(broadcasting, transitive) Totransmit by satellite.
- 1997, Alvin A. Snyder,Warriors of Disinformation, page160:
  It had to speed up its efforts to participate in the international satellite television market. In the summer of 1986 it begansatelliting TV programs to Africa, and in early 1987, to Asia and twenty countries in Latin America[…]

Anagrams

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telestial

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinsatellitem (accusative singular ofsatelles).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /sa.tɛ.lit/ ~/sa.te.lit/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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satellite m (pluralsatellites)

satellite (moon or other celestial body)
satellite (man-made apparatus)

Adjective

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satellite (pluralsatellites)

(relational)satellite(man-made apparatus)
- 2013, Jean-Noël Marien, Émilien Dubiez, Dominique Louppe, Adélaïde Larzillière,Quand la ville mange la forêt: les défis du bois-énergie en Afrique centrale,→ISBN,page45:
  Le couvert végétal du basin d’approvisionnement en bois-énergie de la ville de Kinshasa a été cartographié par imagessatellites
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)