cosmodrome

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noun

A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

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spaceport
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Meanings

nouncosmodrome (plural cosmodromes)

plural cosmodromes

  1. A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

    Synonyms: spaceport

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

Similar
spaceport
Also see
spaceport

Origin

From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans kosmodroom
  • kosmodrooma site for launching spacecraft
Arabic كُوسْمُودْرُوم, مِينَاء فَضَائِيّ
  • كُوسْمُودْرُوم (kusmudrūm)a site for launching spacecraft
  • مِينَاء فَضَائِيّ (mīnāʔ faḍāʔiyy)a site for launching spacecraft
Basque kosmodromo
  • kosmodromoa site for launching spacecraft
Bulgarian космодру́м
  • космодру́м (kosmodrúm)a site for launching spacecraft
Catalan cosmòdrom
  • cosmòdroma site for launching spacecraft
Chinese Mandarin 航天發射場 /航天发射场, 發射場 /发射场
  • 航天發射場 /航天发射场 (hángtiān fāshèchǎng)a site for launching spacecraft
  • 發射場 /发射场 (fāshèchǎng)a site for launching spacecraft
Czech kosmodrom
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Danish rumhavn, kosmodrom
  • rumhavna site for launching spacecraft
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Dutch ruimtehaven, kosmodroom
  • ruimtehavena site for launching spacecraft
  • kosmodrooma site for launching spacecraft
Esperanto kosmodromo
  • kosmodromoa site for launching spacecraft
Estonian kosmodroom
  • kosmodrooma site for launching spacecraft
Finnish kosmodromi
  • kosmodromia site for launching spacecraft
French cosmodrome, base de lancement
  • cosmodromea site for launching spacecraft
  • base de lancementa site for launching spacecraft
German Weltraumbahnhof, Kosmodrom
  • Weltraumbahnhofa site for launching spacecraft
  • Kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Greek κοσμοδρόμιο
  • κοσμοδρόμιο (kosmodrómio)a site for launching spacecraft
Hebrew קוסמודרום, נְמַל־חָלָל
  • קוסמודרום (kosmodróm)a site for launching spacecraft
  • נְמַל־חָלָל (nemál-khalál)a site for launching spacecraft
Hindi प्रक्षेपण केंद्र
  • प्रक्षेपण केंद्र (prakṣepaṇ kendra)a site for launching spacecraft
Hungarian űrrepülőtér, kozmodrom
  • űrrepülőtéra site for launching spacecraft
  • kozmodroma site for launching spacecraft
  • űrközponta site for launching spacecraft
Indonesian kosmodrom, bandar antariksa
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
  • bandar antariksaa site for launching spacecraft
Italian cosmodromo, spazioporto
  • cosmodromoa site for launching spacecraft
  • spazioportoa site for launching spacecraft
Japanese 宇宙基地
  • 宇宙基地 (uchū kichi)a site for launching spacecraft
Korean 우주기지
  • 우주기지 (ujugiji)a site for launching spacecraft
Latvian kosmodroms
  • kosmodromsa site for launching spacecraft
Lithuanian kosmodromas
  • kosmodromasa site for launching spacecraft
Malay kosmodrom
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Norwegian Bokmål kosmodrom
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Polish kosmodrom
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Portuguese cosmódromo
  • cosmódromoa site for launching spacecraft
Romanian cosmodrom, космодром
  • cosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
  • космодром (cosmodrom)a site for launching spacecraft
Russian космодро́м
  • космодро́м (kosmodróm)a site for launching spacecraft
Slovak kozmodróm
  • kozmodróma site for launching spacecraft
Spanish cosmódromo
  • cosmódromoa site for launching spacecraft
Swedish rymdbas, rymdhamn
  • rymdbasa site for launching spacecraft
  • rymdhamna site for launching spacecraft
  • kosmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Tagalog kosmodromo
  • kosmodromoa site for launching spacecraft
Thai ท่าอวกาศยาน, คอสโมโดรม
  • ท่าอวกาศยาน (tâa-à-wá-gàat-yaan)a site for launching spacecraft
  • คอสโมโดรมa site for launching spacecraft
Turkish uzay üssü, kozmodrom
  • uzay üssüa site for launching spacecraft
  • kozmodroma site for launching spacecraft
Ukrainian космодро́м
  • космодро́м (kosmodróm)a site for launching spacecraft
Vietnamese sân bay vũ trụ
  • sân bay vũ trụa site for launching spacecraft
Yiddish קאָסמאָדראָם
  • קאָסמאָדראָם (kosmodrom)a site for launching spacecraft
Cite this entry
APA

cosmodrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmodrome

MLA

“cosmodrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmodrome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cosmodrome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmodrome.

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