Comet

comet English Santa Claus's reindeer Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Comet.wav US Etymology 1 First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. From en comet. Proper noun The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus. Coordinate terms en Santa Claus's reindeer Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Cupid Donner Blitzen Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Translations reindeer of Santa Claus Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 彗星 Huìxīng Finnish: fi komeetta Komeetta French: fr Comète f Greek: el Κομήτης m Italian: it Cometa f Japanese: ja コメット Kometto Polish: pl Kometek m Portuguese: pt Cometa f Spanish: es Cometa f, es Veloz m Etymology 2 Coined by software engineer Alex Russell in March 2006. After the Comet (cleanser) Comet brand of cleaning products, as a pun on en Ajax, which is also both a Web programming technique and a brand of cleaning products. Proper noun en programming A web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it. Anagrams en cemot Comte comte en Christmas Fictional characters