orbiter

English

Etymology

From orbit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

orbiter (plural orbiters)

1. An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
   • 2021 February 9, Kenneth Chang, “Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May.

2. (slang, seduction community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
   • 2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!:

     The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.

Derived terms

• beta orbiter

 

Translations

an object that orbits another

• Finnish: kiertolainen (fi)
• German: Umkreiser m

See also

• Space Shuttle

French

Etymology

From orbite +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.bi.te/

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Verb

orbiter

1. to orbit (circle another object)

Conjugation

Conjugation of orbiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	orbiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	orbitant /ɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		orbité /ɔʁ.bi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbites /ɔʁ.bit/	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/	orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.te/	orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/
	imperfect	orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/	orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/	orbitait /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/	orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/	orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/	orbitaient /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/
	past historic2	orbitai /ɔʁ.bi.te/	orbitas /ɔʁ.bi.ta/	orbita /ɔʁ.bi.ta/	orbitâmes /ɔʁ.bi.tam/	orbitâtes /ɔʁ.bi.tat/	orbitèrent /ɔʁ.bi.tɛʁ/
	future	orbiterai /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/	orbiteras /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/	orbitera /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/	orbiterons /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/	orbiterez /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/	orbiteront /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/	orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/	orbiterait /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/	orbiterions /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	orbiteriez /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁje/	orbiteraient /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbites /ɔʁ.bit/	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/	orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/	orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/
	imperfect2	orbitasse /ɔʁ.bi.tas/	orbitasses /ɔʁ.bi.tas/	orbitât /ɔʁ.bi.ta/	orbitassions /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/	orbitassiez /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sje/	orbitassent /ɔʁ.bi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	—	orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/	orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “orbiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.