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cosmos¹
- /ˈkɒzmɒs/ UK
- /ˈkɑzməs/ US
- /ˈkɑzˌmoʊs/ US
- /ˈkɒzmɔɪ/ UK
- /ˈkɑzmɔɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English cossmos (“the universe; the world”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”).
The plural form cosmoi is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi).
noun cosmoses · cosmoi · kosmos
- The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order. This doctrine [the nebular hypothesis] supposes all the material universe to have been once in a fluid or nebular condition, and that, by the operation of universal gravitation and the thousand other laws of nature, the nebular matter has been mainly aggregated into masses, and the existing cosmoi b
- A harmonious, ordered whole. This simple cell is a cosmos in this respect: it represents the laws of the universe in changes of matter, and clearly exemplifies their workings in the oral cavity.
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Harmony, order.
He [Frederick I of Prussia] founded Universities, this poor King; University of Halle; Royal Academy of Berlin, [Gottfried Wilhelm] Leibniz presiding: he fought for Protestantism;—did what he could for the cause of Cosmos versus Chaos, after his fashion.
Opposite: chaos
cosmos²
- /ˈkɒzmɒs/ UK
- /ˈkɑzməs/ US
- /ˈkɑzˌmoʊs/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Cosmos (genus name), from New Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “decoration, ornament; order; universe; the earth, the world”) (referring to its elegant leaves); see further at etymology 1.
noun cosmos
- Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves. This beautiful plant was discovered in Mexico, before 1789; as seeds of it sent to Madrid produced plants, which blossomed in that year in the Royal Botanic Garden of Spain. It was first described and figured in 1797, by [Antonio José] Cavanilles, who called it Cosmos, from the Greek word Kosmos, be
cosmos³
- /ˈkɒzməʊz/ UK
- /ˈkɑzmoʊz/ US
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
noun
- plural of cosmo
Cosmos⁴
proper noun
- A city in Minnesota.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: universe, macrocosm, creation, world, nature, existence, cosmic, harmony, ether, space, kosmos, nasda, totality, reality, void, entirety
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noun universe regarded as a system with harmony and order
| Español | cosmos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코스모스 koseumoseu, 우주 uju |
| 日本語 | コスモス kosumosu, 宇宙 uchū |
| 中文 | 太空 tàikōng, 宇宙 yǔzhòu |
| Português | cosmo, cosmos |
| Français | cosmos |
| Deutsch | Kosmos, All, Weltall |
| Italiano | cosmo |
| Ελληνικά | κόσμος kósmos |
| Română | cosmos |
| Русский | ко́смос kósmos, вселе́нная vselénnaja |
| Tiếng Việt | vũ trụ |
| العربية | فَضَاء faḍāʔ, كَوْن kawn, الْكَوْن al-kawn |
| עברית | קוֹסמוֹס kósmos |
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title = {cosmos},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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