star

See also: Star, står, and Stär

English

Stars (1, 2).
A star shape (3).

Etymology

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /stɑː(ɹ)/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) enPR: stär, IPA(key): /stɑɹ/
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

star (plural stars)

  1. Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
  2. (astronomy) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
  3. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
  4. (acting) An actor in a leading role.
    Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
  5. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
    His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
    • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, The Bat, chapterI:
      Star reporter, leg-man, cub, veteran gray in the trade—one and all they tried to pin the Bat like a caught butterfly to the front page of their respective journals—soon or late each gave up, beaten. He was news— […]—the brief, staccato recital of his career in the morgues of the great dailies grew longer and more incredible each day.
  6. (printing) An asterisk (*).
  7. A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
  8. A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
  9. (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
    What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
  10. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
  11. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

Synonyms

  • (astronomy): * (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

astronomy: a luminous celestial body
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Verb

star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)

  1. (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
  2. (transitive) To feature a performer or a headliner, especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
  3. (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
  4. (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
    • Young
      A sable curtain starred with gold.

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch star, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *staraz.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑr

Adjective

star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

  1. stiff, frozen
  2. rigid

Inflection

Inflection of star
uninflected star
inflected starre
comparative starder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial starstarderhet starst
het starste
indefinite m./f. sing. starrestarderestarste
n. sing. starstarderstarste
plural starrestarderestarste
definite starrestarderestarste
partitive starsstarders—

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /staʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

star f (plural stars)

  1. star (celebrity)
    Elle est devenue star. - she's become a star.

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Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English star.

Noun

star f (invariable)

  1. star (celebrity)

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin stāre.

Verb

star

  1. to be (indicates a temporary state)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

  1. alternative form of stare

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stâr/

Adjective

stȁr (definite stȃrī, comparative stàrijī, Cyrillic spelling ста̏р)

  1. old

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative stari stara staro
genitive starog(a) stare starog(a)
dative starom(u/e) staroj starom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 stari
starog(a)		 staru staro
vocative stari stara staro
locative starom(e/u) staroj starom(e/u)
instrumental starim starom starim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stari stare stara
genitive starih starih starih
dative starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
accusative stare stare stara
vocative stari stare stara
locative starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
instrumental starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative stariji starija starije
genitive starijeg(a) starije starijeg(a)
dative starijem(u) starijoj starijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 stariji
starijeg(a)		 stariju starije
vocative stariji starija starije
locative starijem(u) starijoj starijem(u)
instrumental starijim starijom starijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stariji starije starija
genitive starijih starijih starijih
dative starijim(a) starijim(a) starijim(a)
accusative starije starije starija
vocative stariji starije starija
locative starijim(a) starijim(a) starijim(a)
instrumental starijim(a) starijim(a) starijim(a)

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstár/
  • Tonal orthography: stȁr

Adjective

stàr (comparative starêjši, superlative nàjstarêjši)

  1. old, aged
    Star sem dvajset let.
    I'm twenty years old.

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō. Compare Italian stare

Verb

star

  1. (transitive) To stay or remain
  2. (transitive) To live (somewhere)

Conjugation

  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of star (first conjugation)
infinitive star
auxiliary verb èser gerund stando
past participle stà
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present sto (te) sti (el/ła) sta stémo, stòn sté (i/łe) sta
imperfect stava (te) stavi (el/ła) stava stàvimo stavi (i/łe) stava
future starò (te) starè (el/ła) starà starémo starè (i/łe) starà
conditional mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present starìa (te) starisi (el/ła) starìa starìsimo starisi (i/łe) starìa
subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
present ste, sta (te) sti (el/ła) ste, (el/ła) sta stémo, stone sté (i/łe) ste, (i/łe) sta
imperfect stase (te) stasi (el/ła) stase stàsimo stasi (i/łe) stase
imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
— (te) sta (el/ła) sta, (el/ła) ste stémo sté (i/łe) sta, (i/łe) ste
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