apogée
See also: apogee
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apogaeum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɔ.ʒe/
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Noun
apogée m (plural apogées)
- (astronomy) apogee (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
- Antonym: périgée
Further reading
- “apogée” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “apogée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
- hypogée