Cosmos — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

everything that exists anywhere

any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːzmoʊs/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈɒzmɒs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈɒzmɒs/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːzmoʊs/.

Examples

they study the evolution of the universe
the biggest tree in existence

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

world cosmea existence universe creation macrocosm

Parts of Speech

noun	everything that exists anywhere “they study the evolution of the universe”
noun	any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals

Word Forms

universal	adjective	of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley
cosmic	adjective	inconceivably extended in space or time
macrocosmic	adjective	relating to or constituting a macrocosm

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kosmos

alles, was irgendwo existiert

🇮🇹Italian

cosmo

tutto ciò che esiste ovunque

🇳🇱Dutch

kosmos

alles wat waar dan ook bestaat

🇷🇺Russian

космос

все, что существует где угодно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ब्रह्मांड

वह सब कुछ जो कहीं भी मौजूद है

🇧🇩Bengali

কসমস

যে কোন জায়গায় বিদ্যমান সবকিছু

🇮🇳Tamil

பிரபஞ்சம்

எங்கும் உள்ள அனைத்தும்

🇮🇳Telugu

కాస్మోస్

ఎక్కడైనా ఉన్న ప్రతిదీ

🇮🇳Marathi

कॉसमॉस

कोठेही अस्तित्वात असलेली प्रत्येक गोष्ट

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોસમોસ

દરેક વસ્તુ જે ગમે ત્યાં અસ્તિત્વમાં છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ

ಎಲ್ಲಿಯಾದರೂ ಇರುವ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോസ്മോസ്

എവിടെയും നിലനിൽക്കുന്ന എല്ലാം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬ੍ਰਹਿਮੰਡ

ਹਰ ਚੀਜ਼ ਜੋ ਕਿਤੇ ਵੀ ਮੌਜੂਦ ਹੈ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

宇宙

任何地方存在的一切

🇯🇵Japanese

コスモス

どこにでも存在するすべてのもの

🇰🇷Korean

코스모스

어디에나 존재하는 모든 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vũ trụ

mọi thứ tồn tại ở bất cứ đâu

🇹🇭Thai

จักรวาล

ทุกสิ่งที่มีอยู่ทุกที่

🇮🇩Indonesian

kosmos

segala sesuatu yang ada dimana saja

🇵🇭Filipino

kosmos

lahat ng bagay na umiiral kahit saan

🇲🇾Malay

kosmos

semua yang ada di mana-mana

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الكون

كل ما هو موجود في أي مكان

🇮🇷Persian

کیهان

هر چیزی که در هر جایی وجود دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

evren

her yerde var olan her şey

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוֹסמוֹס

כל מה שקיים בכל מקום

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