constelación

Galician

Alternative forms

• constelaçom, constelação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Old Latin com

Latin cum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder.

Proto-Italic *stērlā

Latin stēlla

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiō

Latin cōnstēllātiōbor.

Galician constelación

Borrowed from Latin cōnstēllātiō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /konstɛlaˈθjoŋ/ [kons̺.t̪ɛ.laˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /konstɛlaˈθjoŋ/ [kons̺.t̪ɛ.laˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /konstɛlaˈsjoŋ/ [kons.t̪ɛ.laˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: cons‧te‧la‧ción

Noun

constelación f (plural constelacións)

1. constellation

Further reading

• “constelación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• costelación (rare)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Old Latin com

Latin cum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder.

Proto-Italic *stērlā

Latin stēlla

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiō

Latin cōnstēllātiōbor.

Spanish constelación

Borrowed from Latin cōnstēllātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konstelaˈθjon/ [kõns.t̪e.laˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konstelaˈsjon/ [kõns.t̪e.laˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cons‧te‧la‧ción

Noun

constelación f (plural constelaciones)

1. constellation

   Synonym: asterismo

Further reading

• “constelación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025