Asturian

Noun

cometa m ‎(plural cometes)

1. (astronomy) comet (a celestial body, generally with a tail)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

cometa m ‎(plural cometes)

1. comet

Etymology 2

coma +‎ -eta

Noun

cometa f ‎(plural cometes)

1. quotation mark (one of the symbols ', ", «, or »)

Galician

Noun

cometa m ‎(plural cometas)

1. comet

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

cometa f ‎(plural comete)

1. comet

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈmeː.ta/, [kɔˈmeː.ta]

Noun

comēta m ‎(genitive comētae); first declension

1. Alternative form of comētēs

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: comète

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈme.ta/, /ko.ˈme.tɐ/

Etymology 1

From Latin cometa, from Ancient Greek κομήτης ‎(komḗtēs, “long-haired”).

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. (astronomy) comet (celestial body with a “tail” of matter)

Related terms

• cometário
• cometologia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cometer ‎(“to commit”).

Verb

cometa

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cometer
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cometer
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cometer
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cometer

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ˈme̞.ta̠]

Etymology 1

From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης ‎(komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη ‎(kómē, “hair”).

Noun

cometa m ‎(plural cometas)

1. (astronomy) comet

cometa f ‎(plural cometas)

1. kite

Etymology 2

See cometer

Verb

cometa

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cometer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cometer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cometer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cometer.