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# cosmonaut

«cosmonaut» in Mova's school dictionary: **an astronaut from Russia or, in the past, from the Soviet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a cosmonaut, cosmonauts)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cosmonaut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cosmonaut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.