komeet
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch komeet, from Middle Dutch comete, from Old French comete, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkomeet (plural komete)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch comete, from Old French comete, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkomeet m (plural kometen, diminutive komeetje n)
- comet
- (figuratively) a rising star, an up-and-coming thing or person, a raging fashion etc.
Synonyms
edit- (comet, celestial body): staartster
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “komeet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Estonian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editkomeet (genitive komeedi, partitive komeeti)
Declension
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
edit- “komeet”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
West Frisian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkomeet c (plural kometen)
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