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# cosmonaut

noun (a cosmonaut, cosmonauts)

«cosmonaut» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A cosmonaut is an astronaut from Russia or, in the past, from the Soviet Union. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and science lessons: Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, was the first person in space in 1961, and Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963. Different countries use different words: astronaut (USA, Europe and most countries), cosmonaut (Russia), taikonaut (often for China).

### Examples

- Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to orbit the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#x1)
- Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman cosmonaut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#x2)
- The cosmonaut floated inside the space station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#x3)
- Cosmonauts and astronauts work together on the International Space Station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#x4)
- The cosmonaut trained for years before her flight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#x5)
- Our class wrote questions for a retired cosmonaut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/#x6)

### Note

Countable. «Cosmos» means space or the universe; «naut» means sailor — so a cosmonaut is a «space sailor», like astronaut is a «star sailor».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cosmonaut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cosmonaut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cosmonaut.html) on Mova free.