planeta

See also: pláneta, planéta, planēta, planētā, płaneta, planetă, planetą, and Planeta

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plaˈne.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pləˈne̞.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pləˈnə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pləˈnɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [plaˈne.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

planeta m (plural planetes)

1. planet

Derived terms

• planeta nan

Related terms

• planetari

Noun

planeta f (plural planetes)

1. destiny; fate

   Synonym: destí

Usage notes

• Originally this noun was feminine in all senses, but in modern Catalan, the sense of planet is now masculine.

Further reading

• “planeta”, 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
• “planeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “planeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “planeta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish planeta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta

1. planet

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech planeta, planéta, from Latin planeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplanɛta]

Noun

planeta f

1. (astronomy) planet

   Synonym: oběžnice

Declension

Declension of planeta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	planeta	planety
genitive	planety	planet
dative	planetě	planetám
accusative	planetu	planety
vocative	planeto	planety
locative	planetě	planetách
instrumental	planetou	planetami

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “planeta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “planeta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plaˈne.t̪ɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Derived terms

• planeta anano
• planetario

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “planeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “planeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “planeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “planeta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “planeta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Noun

planeta (plural planetas)

1. planet

Latin

Alternative forms

• planētēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫaˈneː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [plaˈnɛː.ta]

Noun

planēta m (genitive planētae); first declension

1. planet (wandering star)
   • 1553, Luminarum atque Planetarum motuum Tabulae octogina quinque, omnium ex his quae Alphonsum sequuntur quam faciles‎^[1]:

     Si vero pro inveniendo loca planetarum, seu alio modo tabulas operari volueris ad quemvis meridianum, computa distantiam illius meridiani ad quem calculare cupis ad meridianum tuum.

     Specifically, if you want to use the tables to find the locations of planets for any meridian, compute the distance between that table's meridian to the meridian of that which you want to calculate.

   • 1833, Supplement to Dr. Bradley's Miscellaneous Works: with an Account of Harriot's Astronomical Papers, page 54:

     Docet philosophia Newtoniana cometas equidem ac planetas attractionis vi, quae in ratione duplicata distantiarum reciproca a sole est, in orbibus ellipticis circa solem in communi foco positum revolvi.

     Newtonian physics teaches that comets, just like planets, circle in elliptical orbits around the sun as a common focus, by the force of attraction which is proportional to the inverse squared distance from the sun.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	planēta	planētae
genitive	planētae	planētārum
dative	planētae	planētīs
accusative	planētam	planētās
ablative	planētā	planētīs
vocative	planēta	planētae

Synonyms

• stēlla errāns

Derived terms

• planētula (New Latin)
• planētārium (New Latin)

Descendants

• Asturian: planeta
• Catalan: planeta
• English: planet
• French: planète
• Irish: pláinéad
• Italian: pianeta
• Occitan: planeta
• Polish: planeta
• Romanian: planetă
• Spanish: planeta

Borrowings:

• → Middle High German: plānēte, plānēt
  • German: Planet
    • → Hunsrik: Planet
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: planeta
  • Fala: planeta
  • Galician: planeta
  • Portuguese: planeta
• ⇒ Translingual: Periplaneta

References

• “planeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "planeta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “planeta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• planeta in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plɐneˈtɐ]

Noun

planetà f (plural planètos) stress pattern 2

1. planet

Declension

Declension of planetà

	singular	plural
nominative	planetà	planètos
genitive	planètos	planètų
dative	planètai	planètoms
accusative	planètą	planetàs
instrumental	planetà	planètomis
locative	planètoje	planètose
vocative	planèta	planètos

Hypernyms

• dangaus kūnas

Related terms

• planas
• plentas

Occitan

Alternative forms

• planeto (Provençal)

Etymology

From Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

planeta f (plural planetas)

1. planet

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑ.neː.tɑ/

Noun

planēta m or f

1. planet

Usage notes

This term is attested only in the oblique form planētan, so its gender is uncertain.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	planēta	planētan
accusative	planētan	planētan
genitive	planētan	planētena
dative	planētan	planētum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “planéta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin planēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix). First attested in 1300.

Noun

planeta m or f (plural planetas)

1. planet

Descendants

• Fala: planeta
• Galician: planeta
• Portuguese: planeta

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “planeta”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “planeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “planeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Polish

planety

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs)bor.

Latin planētalbor.

Polish planeta

Learned borrowing from Latin planēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈnɛ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta f (diminutive planetka, related adjective planetarny or planetowy)

1. (astronomy) planet (body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion, and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple stars) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)

   Synonym: glob

   Hypernym: ciało niebieskie

Declension

Declension of planeta

	singular	plural
nominative	planeta	planety
genitive	planety	planet
dative	planecie	planetom
accusative	planetę	planety
instrumental	planetą	planetami
locative	planecie	planetach
vocative	planeto	planety

Derived terms

adjectives

• nie z tej planety

nouns

• błękitna planeta
• czerwona planeta

Related terms

adverbs

• planetarnie

nouns

• planetarium
• planetoida
• planetolog
• planetologia

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “planeta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• planety in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈne.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈne.tɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet

Derived terms

• exoplaneta
• planeta-anão

Related terms

• planetário

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “planeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• plànēt m (Croatia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planěːta/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planéta f (Cyrillic spelling плане́та)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) planet

Declension

Declension of planeta

	singular	plural
nominative	planeta	planete
genitive	planete	planeta
dative	planeti	planetama
accusative	planetu	planete
vocative	planeto	planete
locative	planeti	planetama
instrumental	planetom	planetama

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plaˈne.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta m (plural planetas)

1. planet
   • 2023 August 20, Jordi Quixano, “España se hace inmortal con la conquista de su primer Mundial femenino”, in El País‎^[5], archived from the original on 21 August 2023:

     Es, sin embargo, el relato de una selección que en pocos años ha hecho mucho, siempre a rebufo de las grandes potencias como Estados Unidos, Alemania o los equipos nórdicos; ahora referencial y ejemplo del planeta fútbol porque, igualado el físico, no hay quien le tosa ni le quite el balón o la identidad.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• planeta enano
• planeta externo
• planeta extrasolar
• planeta interno
• planeta superhabitable

Related terms

• planetario

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planeta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /plaˈneta/ [plɐˈn̪ɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧ne‧ta

Noun

planeta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈᜒᜆ)

1. planet

   Synonym: buntala

   • 1998, Batayang Heograpiya‎^[6], Goodwill Trading Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 9:

     Paano naglalakbay ang mga planeta sa kalawakan?

     How do the planets travel in space?

Related terms

• planetaryo
• planetaryum

Further reading

• “planeta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018