satellite

English Online Dictionary. What means satellite‎? What does satellite mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsætəlaɪt/

Noun

satellite (plural satellites)

1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]

2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]
4. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
5. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]

6. (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
7. (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
8. A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.

Usage notes

• The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.

Synonyms

• (artificial orbital body): sat (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (Earth's sole moon) Moon
• (moons of Mars) Phobos, Deimos
• (moons of Jupiter) Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Themisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Euporie, Thelxinoe, Euanthe, Helike, Orthosie, Iocaste, Praxidike, Harpalyke, Mneme, Hermippe, Thyone, Ananke, Herse, Aitne, Kale, Taygete, Chaldene, Erinome, Aoede, Kallichore, Kalyke, Carme, Callirrhoe, Eurydome, Pasithee, Kore, Cyllene, Eukelade, Pasiphaë, Hegemone, Arche, Isonoe, Sinope, Sponde, Autonoe, Megaclite
• (moons of Saturn) Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Aegaeon, Mimas, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Polydeuces, Rhea, Titan, Hyperyon, Iapetus, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Phoebe, Paaliaq, Skathi, Albiorix, Bebhionn, Erriapus, Skoll, Siamaq, Tarqeq, Greip, Hyrrokin, Jarnsaxa, Tarvos, Mundilfari, Bergelmir, Narvi, Suttungr, Hati, Farbauti, Thrymr, Aegir, Bestla, Fenrir, Surtur, Kari, Ymir, Loge, Fornjot
• (moons of Uranus) Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, Ferdinand
• (moons of Neptune) Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, Nereid, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Psamathe, Neso
• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra
• (moons of Haumea) Namaka, Hiʻiaka
• (moon of Eris) Dysnomia

Verb

satellite (third-person singular simple present satellites, present participle satelliting, simple past and past participle satellited)

1. (broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.

Anagrams

• telestial

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satellitem (accusative singular of satelles).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

satellite m (plural satellites)

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

Adjective

satellite (plural satellites)

1. (relational) satellite (man-made apparatus)

Derived terms

• image satellite

Related terms

• satellisation
• satelliser

Further reading

• “satellite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satellitem (originally 'attendant').

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈtɛl.li.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛllite
• Hyphenation: sa‧tèl‧li‧te

Noun

satellite m (plural satelliti)

1. satellite

Adjective

satellite (invariable)

1. (relational) satellite

Related terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• allestite, stelliate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈtel.li.te/, [s̠äˈt̪ɛlːʲɪt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈtel.li.te/, [säˈt̪ɛlːit̪e]

Noun

satellite

1. ablative singular of satelles

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satellitem, accusative singular of satelles.

Noun

satellite m (plural satellites)

1. (military, Antiquity) a guard or watchman

Descendants

• English: satellite
• French: satellite
• Dutch: satelliet

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (satellite, supplement)

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

satellite f (plural satellites)

1. (Jersey) satellite

Derived terms

• bolle à satellite (“satellite dish”)
• télévîsion dé satellite (“satellite television”)