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

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