How to pronounce taikonaut
American English pronunciation
TY-kuh-nawt
- IPA
- /ˈtaɪkəˌnɔt/
- Syllables
- TY · kuh · nawt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What taikonaut means
A person who goes into space on a Chinese mission
In a sentence: On the news, a taikonaut floated inside the space station, sipping water from a pouch.
Where it comes from: It was made up in 1998 from the Chinese taikong, meaning space, plus -naut, as in astronaut. A man from Malaysia first used it in online chat groups.
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