Meanings
plural heavenly bodies
- A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.
Synonyms: celestial body, wanderstar
- An astronomical object.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.
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Translations
Afrikaans hemelliggaam
- hemelliggaamnatural celestial body
Arabic جِرْم سَمَاوِيّ, جِرْم فَلَكِيّ
- جِرْم سَمَاوِيّ (jirm samāwiyy)natural celestial body
- جِرْم فَلَكِيّ (jirm falakiyy)natural celestial body
Bulgarian небе́сно тя́ло
- небе́сно тя́ло (nebésno tjálo)natural celestial body
Catalan cos celeste, astre
- cos celestenatural celestial body
- astrenatural celestial body
Chinese Cantonese 天體 /天体
- 天體 /天体 (tin¹ tai²)natural celestial body
Chinese Mandarin 天體 /天体
- 天體 /天体 (tiāntǐ)natural celestial body
Czech nebeské těleso
- nebeské tělesonatural celestial body
Danish himmellegeme
- himmellegemenatural celestial body
Dutch hemellichaam
- hemellichaamnatural celestial body
Estonian taevakeha
- taevakehanatural celestial body
Finnish taivaankappale
- taivaankappalenatural celestial body
French corps céleste
- corps célestenatural celestial body
German Himmelskörper, Gestirn
- Himmelskörpernatural celestial body
- Gestirnnatural celestial body
Greek ουράνιο σώμα
- ουράνιο σώμα (ouránio sóma)natural celestial body
Hindi खगोलीय वस्तु, खगोलीय पिंड
- खगोलीय वस्तु (khagolīya vastu)natural celestial body
- खगोलीय पिंड (khagolīya piṇḍ)natural celestial body
Hungarian égitest
- égitestnatural celestial body
Irish rinn
- rinnnatural celestial body
Italian corpo celeste
- corpo celestenatural celestial body
Japanese 天体
- 天体 (tentai)natural celestial body
Korean 천체
- 천체 (cheonche)natural celestial body
Latvian debess ķermenis
- debess ķermenisnatural celestial body
Lithuanian dangaus kūnas
- dangaus kūnasnatural celestial body
Norwegian Bokmål himmellegeme
- himmellegemenatural celestial body
Polish ciało niebieskie
- ciało niebieskienatural celestial body
Portuguese corpo celeste
- corpo celestenatural celestial body
Romanian corp ceresc, astru
- corp cerescnatural celestial body
- astrunatural celestial body
Russian небе́сное те́ло
- небе́сное те́ло (nebésnoje télo)natural celestial body
Slovak nebeské telo
- nebeské telonatural celestial body
Spanish cuerpo celeste
- cuerpo celestenatural celestial body
Swedish himlakropp
- himlakroppnatural celestial body
Tagalog natural na selestyal ng katawan
- natural na selestyal ng katawannatural celestial body
Tamil இயற்கை வான உடல்கள்
- இயற்கை வான உடல்கள் (iyaṟkai vāṉa uṭalkaḷ)natural celestial body
Turkish gök cismi
- gök cisminatural celestial body
Ukrainian небе́сне ті́ло
- небе́сне ті́ло (nebésne tílo)natural celestial body
Urdu آسْمانی جِسْم
- آسْمانی جِسْم (āsmānī jism)natural celestial body
Vietnamese thiên thể
- thiên thểnatural celestial body
Welsh corff nefol, corff wybrennol
- corff nefolnatural celestial body
- corff wybrennolnatural celestial body
Cite this entry
heavenly body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavenly%20body
“heavenly body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavenly%20body. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heavenly body,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavenly%20body.
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