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Word: Planet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French planete, from late Latin planeta, planetes, from Greek planētēs ‘wanderer, planet’, from planan ‘wander’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈplanɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit round a star.
Short Definition:celestial body moving round star
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