apogée

See also: apogee

French

Etymology

Via 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)

Antonyms

périgée

Further reading

“apogée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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