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Definition: Argonaut |
ArgonautNoun1. Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure. 2. (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "argonaut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ARGONAUT | English | Argonne naught energy reactor | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Argonaut |
| Non-English Usage: "Argonaut" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (argonaut), Manx (Argonaut), Romanian (argonaut), Serbo-Croatian (argonaut). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Argonaut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Argonaut" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Argonaut" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 62.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Sweden | N & T Argonaut AB | United Kingdom | Argonaut Games PLC |
| USA | Argonaut Group Incorporated | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "argonaut"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مغامر جاد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | златотърсач (digger, gold digger, prospector), аргонавт, авантюрист (adventurer, picaroon, soldier of fortune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | argonaute. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | argonaut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | argonauta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | argonauta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 모험가 (Adventurer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Argonaut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | argonautay argonauta (nautilus), náutilo (nautilus). (various references) argonaut. (various references) золотоискатель (gold digger, prospector, prospector for gold), аргонавт. (various references) argonaut. (various references) argonauta. (various references) argonot, altın postu arayan yason'un kahraman gemicisi, altın arayıcısı (gold digger). (various references) равлик (snail), золотошукач (digger, gold digger, sniper), аргонавт. (various references) con mực phủ (octopus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "argonaut": argonauts. (additional references) | |
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"Argonaut" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agnaou, Ahronot, argonath, aronaut. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "argonaut" (pronounced Ä"rgunô't) |
| 4 | -u n ô' t | cosmonaut. |
| 3 | -n ô' t | Dreadnought, juggernaut. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: outrang. | |
-2 letters: angora, nougat, organa, ourang, outran, ragout. | |
-3 letters: agora, antra, aorta, argon, argot, gator, gaunt, grana, grant, groan, groat, grout, grunt, guano, orang, organ, ratan, ruana, tango, tonga, trona, ungot. | |
-4 letters: agar, agon, anga, anoa, anta, aunt, aura, auto, gaun, gaur, gnar, gnat, goat, gout, gran, grat, grot, guan, guar, nota, raga, rang. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: argonauts, guarantor, orangutan. | |
+2 letters: graduation, granulator, guarantors, orangutans, outbargain, unarrogant. | |
+3 letters: graduations, granulation, granulators, granulomata, gratulation, inaugurator, nongraduate, outbargains. | |
+4 letters: agranulocyte, autografting, autographing, autorotating, congratulate, gastrulation, granulations, gratulations, inauguration, inaugurators, nongraduates, outbargained, sugarcoating. | |
+5 letters: agranulocytes, argumentation, cartilaginous, coastguardman, coastguardmen, congratulated, congratulates, congratulator, degranulation, gastrulations, granulomatous, gubernatorial, inaugurations, outbargaining, postinaugural, protolanguage, strangulation, triangulation, vulgarization. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 67 6F 6E 61 75 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. --. --- -. .- ..- - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01100111 01101111 01101110 01100001 01110101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r g o n a u t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0067 006F 006E 0061 0075 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3584738180678786 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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