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sputnik

sput·nik

US/ˈspʊtnɪk/ uncommon dated slang

noun

1.

a Russian artificial satellite

  • “Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth”

Origin

From Russian спу́тник (spútnik, “satellite”, literally “fellow traveller”), from с- (s-, “with, together”) + пу́тник (pútnik, “traveller”), from путь (putʹ, “way, journey”) + agent suffix -ник (-nik).

Phrases

  • Sputnik moment

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