argonaut

See also: Argonaut

English
argonaut (sense 1)

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

  1. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
    • 2018 March 27, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:
      Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
  2. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
  3. (specifically, historical) A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French argonaute.

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonauți)

  1. argonaut

Declension
Declension of argonaut
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) argonaut argonautul (niște) argonauți argonauții
genitive/dative (unui) argonaut argonautului (unor) argonauți argonauților
vocative argonautule argonauților
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