SPUTNIK


Meaning of SPUTNIK in English

/ ˈspʌtnɪk; NAmE ; ˈspʊt-/ noun

(from Russian ) a satellite of the type that was put into space by the Soviet Union

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WORD ORIGIN

Russian , literally fellow-traveller .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.