astrologer

English

Etymology

From Middle English astrologer, astrologier, astrologere, formed from Middle English astrologie or Latin astrologus + Middle English -ere, equivalent to astrology +‎ -er. Ousted imported Middle English astrologien (“astrologer”), borrowed from Old French astrologien. Displaced Old English tungolwītga (literally “star prophet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɚ/
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Noun

astrologer (plural astrologers, feminine astrologess)

One who studies or practices astrology.
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler both made a living as astrologers.

Synonyms

Derived terms

astrologeress

Translations

one who studies astrology

Arabic: مُنَجِّم m (munajjim), مُنَجِّمَة f (munajjima)
Azerbaijani: münəccim
Basque: astrologo (eu)
Burmese: ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
Catalan: astròleg (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 占星家 (zh) (zhānxīngjiā)
Czech: astrolog (cs) m,hvězdopravec (cs) m
Danish: astrolog c
Dutch: astroloog (nl) m, sterrenwichelaar (nl) m
Esperanto: astrologo (eo), astrologiisto
Faroese: stjørnuspámaður m, stjørnuspáfólk n
Finnish: astrologi (fi)
French: astrologue (fr) m or f
Galician: astrólogo (gl) m, astróloga f, estreleiro m (archaic)
German: Astrologe (de) m, Astrologin (de) f, Sterndeuter (de) m, Sterndeuterin (de) f
Greek: αστρολόγος (el) m or f (astrológos)
Ancient: ἀστρολόγος m (astrológos)
Hindi: ज्योतिष (hi) m (jyotiṣ), ज्योतिषी (hi) m (jyotiṣī)
Icelandic: stjörnuspekingur m
Ido: astrologo (io)
Indonesian: astrolog (id)
Irish: astralaí m
Italian: astrologo (it) m, astrologa (it) f
Japanese: 占星術師 (せんせいじゅつし, senseijutsushi)
Latin: astrologus (la) m
Macedonian: астролог m (astrolog), ѕвездочaтец m (dzvezdočatec) (archaic)
Malay: ahli nujum
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: одон зурхайч (odon zurxajč), астрологич (astrologič)

Mongolian: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ
ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠬᠠᠶᠢᠴᠢ (odun ǰiruqayiči)
Nepali: ज्योतिष (ne) (jyotiṣ), ज्योतिषी (ne) (jyotiṣī)
Old English: tungolwītga m
Old Polish: gwiazdomówca m, gwiazdarz m, gwiazdownik m
Persian: اخترگو (axtargu)
Polish: astrolog (pl) m
Portuguese: astrólogo (pt) m
Romanian: astrolog (ro) m, cititor în stele (ro) m
Russian: астро́лог (ru) m (astrólog), звездочёт (ru) m (zvezdočót) (dated, also: astronomer)
Sanskrit: ज्योतिष (sa) m (jyotiṣa)
Spanish: astrólogo (es) m, astróloga f
Swahili: mnajimu
Swedish: astrolog (sv) c
Telugu: దైవజ్ఞుడు (daivajñuḍu)
Turkish: astrolog (tr), yıldız falcısı (tr)
Ukrainian: астро́лог (uk) m (astróloh), астрологи́ня f (astrolohýnja)
Uzbek: munajjim (uz)
Volapük: (♂♀) strologan (vo)
Yoruba: awòràwọ̀

Swedish

Noun

astrologer

indefinite plural of astrolog

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