SPUTNIK


Meaning of SPUTNIK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspu̇t-nik, ˈspət-, ˈspüt- ]

noun

Etymology: Russian, literally, traveling companion, from s, so with + put' path

Date: 1957

: any of a series of earth-orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union beginning in 1957

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.