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noun, masculine

apogée

/a.pɔ.ʒe/

noun, masculine/a.pɔ.ʒe/plural: apogées

apogee (a point in an orbit around the Earth)

Antonyms: périgée

Borrowed from Latin apogaeum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).