star

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”).

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cognates

Cognate with Scots starn, ster, North Frisian steer, West Frisian stjer, Saterland Frisian Stiern, Dutch ster, Luxembourgish Stär, German Stern, Yiddish שטערן (shtern), Vilamovian śtaom, Swedish stjärna, Norwegian stjerne, Icelandic stjarna, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō), Spanish estrella, Portuguese estrela, Italian stella, Romanian stea, Occitan estela, Venetan stéła, Sicilian stidda, Sardinian isteddu, Mirandese streilha, Walloon sitoele, Romansch staila, Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă, Istriot stila, Istro-Romanian ste, Latin stēlla, Greek αστέρι (astéri), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), Old Armenian աստղ (astł), Persian ستاره (setâre), Tajik ситора (sitora), Pashto ستوری (storay), Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre), Northern Kurdish stêr, Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre), Zazaki astare, Ossetian стъалы (st’aly), Hindi तारा (tārā), Urdu تارا (tārā), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā), Gujarati તારો (tārō), Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /stɑː(ɹ)/
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    Audio (UK):

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• enPR: stär, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /stɑɹ/
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    Audio (US):

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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.
3. (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.
4. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
5. (acting) An actor in a leading role.

   Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.

6. 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 Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 8:

     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.

7. (printing) An asterisk (*).
8. A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
9. 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.
10. (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.

    What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.

    • William Shakespeare

      O malignant and ill-brooding stars.

    • Joseph Addison

      Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
11. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
    • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

      On whom […] / Lavish Honour showered all her stars.

12. 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

• (astronomy): celestial body

Hyponyms

• Thesaurus:star

Derived terms

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Descendants

• → German: Star

Translations

luminous celestial body

• Abkhaz: аеҵǝа (ajecʼǝa)
• Adyghe: жъуагъо (žʷağʷo), (Proto-Circassian) зуагъуэ (zağʷɛ)
• Afrikaans: Template:t-simple
• Aguaruna: Template:t-simple
• Akkadian: 𒀯 (kakkabu)
• Albanian: Template:t-simple
• Aleut: sdax̂
• Alviri-Vidari: (Vidari) ایستاره (istāre)
• Amharic: ኮኮብ m (kokob)
• Angor: Template:t-simple
• Arabic: نَجْم (ar) m (najm), نَجْمَة f (najma), كَوْكَب (kawkab)

  Egyptian Arabic: نجمة f (negma)

  Hijazi Arabic: نَجْمَة f (najma)

• Aragonese: Template:t-simple
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܘܟܒܐ m (kawkəḇā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כוכבא m (kōḵəḇā)

• Archi: ххьӏоло́шхъӏан (xx̣olóšq̣an)
• Armenian: աստղ (hy) (astġ)

  Old Armenian: աստղ (astł)

• Aromanian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Asturian: Template:t-simple
• Avar: цӏва (cʼwa)
• Aymara: Template:t-simple
• Azerbaijani: Template:t-simple
• Baluchi: استار (istár, astár), استال (istál)
• Bashkir: йондоҙ (yondoź)
• Basque: Template:t-simple
• Bau Bidayuh: Template:t-simple
• Belarusian: зо́рка f (zórka), звязда́ f (zvjazdá) (dated)
• Bengali: তারকা (tarka), তারা (bn) (tara)
• Borôro: Template:t-simple
• Breton: Template:t-simple
• Bulgarian: звезда́ (bg) f (zvezdá)
• Burmese: ကြယ် (my) (krai)
• Buryat: одон (odon)
• Catalan: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵜⵔⵉ m (itri)
• Central Melanau: Template:t-simple
• Chagatai: یولدوز (yulduz)
• Chamicuro: Template:t-simple
• Chechen: седа (seda)
• Cherokee: ᏃᏈᏏ (noquisi)
• Chichewa: Template:t-simple
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 恆星 / 恒星 (hang⁴ sing¹), 恒星 (hang⁴ sing¹), 星 (sing¹)

  Dungan: щинщю (xinxi͡u)

  Mandarin: 恆星 / 恒星 (zh) (héngxīng), 恒星 (zh) (héngxīng), 明星 (zh) (míngxīng), 星 (zh) (xīng)

• Chukchi: анатԓыӈын (anatḷyṇyn)
• Chuvash: ҫӑлтӑр (śălt̬ăr)
• Comanche: Template:t-simple
• Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou)
• Cornish: Template:t-simple
• Corsican: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Crimean Gothic: Template:t-simple
• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Dalmatian: Template:t-simple
• Danish: Template:t-simple
• Dolgan: һулус (hulus)
• Dongxiang: Template:t-simple
• Dupaningan Agta: Template:t-simple
• Dutch: Template:t-simple
• East Yugur: Template:t-simple
• Eastern Bontoc: Template:t-simple
• Egyptian: (sbꜣ m), (sbꜣt f), (gnẖt f)
• Elfdalian: Template:t-simple
• Ersu: ʈɽź̩
• Erzya: теште (tešte)
• Eshtehardi: استَرَ (estara)
• Esperanto: Template:t-simple
• Estonian: Template:t-simple
• Ewe: ɣletivi
• Fang (Cameroon): Template:t-simple
• Faroese: Template:t-simple
• Fijian: kalo kalo (fj)
• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Friulian: Template:t-simple
• Gagauz: Template:t-simple
• Galician: Template:t-simple
• Gaulish: Template:t-simple
• Georgian: ვარსკვლავი (varsḳvlavi)
• German: Template:t-simple

  Old High German: sterno

• Gilbertese: toui toui
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 f (stairnō)
• Greek: αστέρι (el) n (astéri), άστρο (el) n (ástro)

  Ancient Greek: ἀστήρ m (astḗr), ἄστρον n (ástron)

• Greenlandic: Template:t-simple
• Guaraní: Template:t-simple
• Gujarati: તારો m (tāro), સિતારો m (sitāro)
• Haitian Creole: Template:t-simple
• Hausa: Template:t-simple
• Hebrew: כּוֹכַב (he) m (kokháv)
• Hindi: तारा (hi) m (tārā), सितारा (hi) m (sitārā)
• Hungarian: Template:t-simple
• Icelandic: Template:t-simple
• Ido: Template:t-simple
• Ilocano: Template:t-simple
• Indonesian: Template:t-simple
• Ingrian: Template:t-simple
• Interlingua: Template:t-simple
• Interlingue: Template:t-simple
• Iranun: bitu'un
• Irish: Template:t-simple
• Isthmus Zapotec: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Istriot: Template:t-simple
• Istro-Romanian: Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 星 (ja) (ほし, hoshi), 恒星 (ja) (こうせい, kōsei)
• Javanese: Template:t-simple
• Kabardian: вагъуэ (vağʷɛ)
• Kalmyk: одн (odn)
• Kannada: ಚಿಕ್ಕೆ (kn) (cikke)
• Karachay-Balkar: жулдуз (culduz), джулдуз (culduz)
• Karakalpak: Template:t-simple
• Kashubian: Template:t-simple
• Kazakh: жұлдыз (kk) (jūldyz)
• Khakas: чылтыс (çıltıs)
• Khmer: តារា (km) (taaraa), ផ្កាយ (km) (phkaay)
• Kimaragang: Template:t-simple
• Korean: 별 (ko) (byeol), 항성 (ko) (hangseong)
• Krymchak: юлдуз (yulduz)
• Kumyk: юлдуз (yulduz)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: ئەستێرە (estêre)

• Kyrgyz: жылдыз (ky) (jıldız)
• Ladin: Template:t-simple
• Ladino: Template:t-simple
• Laki: آساره
• Lao: ດາວ (lo) (dāo), ນັກຂັດຕະ (nak khat ta)
• Latgalian: Template:t-simple
• Latin: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Latvian: Template:t-simple
• Lithuanian: Template:t-simple
• Livonian: Template:t-simple
• Lizu: tʃə
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lubuagan Kalinga: Template:t-simple
• Luo: Template:t-simple
• Luxembourgish: Template:t-simple
• Maasai: Template:t-simple
• Macedonian: ѕвезда f (dzvezda)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Malayalam: നക്ഷത്രം (ml) (nakṣatraṁ), താരം (ml) (tāraṁ)
• Maltese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Manchu: ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha)
• Manx: Template:t-simple
• Maore Comorian: Template:t-simple
• Maori: Template:t-simple
• Marshallese: Template:t-simple
• Mazanderani: اساره (ëssâre)
• Megleno-Romanian: steau̯ă f
• Middle English: Template:t-simple
• Middle Irish: Template:t-simple
• Mirandese: Template:t-simple
• Mongolian: од (mn) (od)
• Mòcheno: Template:t-simple
• Nahuatl: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Nauruan: Template:t-simple
• Navajo: sǫʼ
• Nepali: तारा (ne) (tārā)
• Ngarrindjeri: Template:t-simple
• Ngazidja Comorian: nyora class 9/10
• Nogai: юлдыз (yuldız)
• Norman: Template:t-simple
• Northern Sami: Template:t-simple
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stjerne (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: stjerne (nn) f

• Novial: Template:t-simple
• Occitan: Template:t-simple
• Ojibwe: Template:t-simple
• Okinawan: ふし (husi)
• Old Church Slavonic: ѕвѣзда f (dzvězda), ѕвѣзды f pl (dzvězdy)
• Old English: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Old Irish: Template:t-simple
• Old Norse: Template:t-simple
• Old Occitan: Template:t-simple
• Oriya: ତାରା (or) (tārā)
• Ossetian: стъалы (st’aly)
• Ottoman Turkish: اختر (ahter), یلدز (yıldız)
• Pashto: ستوری (ps) m (storay)
• Paumarí: Template:t-simple
• Persian: ستاره (fa) (setâre), اختر (fa) (axtar), کوکب (fa) (koukab), نجم (fa) (najm)
• Phoenician: 𐤊𐤊𐤁 (kkb)
• Polabian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Polish: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple
• Punjabi: ਤਾਰਾ (pa) m (tārā)
• Purepecha: Template:t-simple
• Quechua: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Rajasthani:
• Rapa Nui: hetu'u
• Rohingya: Template:t-simple
• Romani: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple
• Romansch: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Rungus: Template:t-simple
• Russian: звезда́ (ru) f (zvezdá)
• Sanskrit: तांरा (sa) (tāṃrā), तारका (sa) (tārakā), तारिका (sa) (tārikā), नक्षत्र (sa) (nakṣatra), तारा (sa) (tārā)
• Sardinian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Saterland Frisian: Template:t-simple
• Scots: Template:t-simple
• Scottish Gaelic: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Sebop: Template:t-simple
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зве́зда f, звије́зда f

  Roman: zvézda (sh) f, zvijézda (sh) f

• Shor: чылтыс (çıltıs)
• Sicilian: Template:t-simple
• Silesian: Template:t-simple
• Sindhi: تارو (sd) m (tāro)
• Sinhalese: තරුව (si) (taruwa)
• Slovak: Template:t-simple
• Slovene: Template:t-simple
• Slovincian: gvjǻu̯zdă f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gwězda f

  Upper Sorbian: hwězda f

• Sotho: Template:t-simple
• Southern Altai: јылдыс (cıldıs), чолмон (çolmon)
• Southern Kalinga: Template:t-simple
• Spanish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Sranan Tongo: Template:t-simple
• Sundanese: Template:t-simple
• Swahili: nyota (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: Template:t-simple
• Tagal Murut: Template:t-simple
• Tagalog: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Tahitian: feti’a
• Tajik: ситора (tg) (sitora)
• Tamil: நட்சத்திரம் (ta) (naṭcattiram), விண்மீன் (ta) (viṇmīṉ)
• Taos: p’ȍxəłóna
• Tashelhit: Template:t-simple
• Tatar: йолдыз (tt) (yoldız)
• Telugu: నక్షత్రం (te) (nakṣatraṁ), తార (te) (tāra), చుక్క (te) (cukka)
• Thai: ดาว (th) (daao)
• Tibetan: སྐར་མ (skar ma)
• Timugon Murut: Template:t-simple
• Tlingit: khutxh.ayanahá
• Tocharian A: Template:t-simple
• Tocharian B: Template:t-simple
• Tupinambá: Template:t-simple
• Turkish: Template:t-simple
• Turkmen: Template:t-simple
• Tuvan: сылдыс (sıldıs)
• Tzotzil: kʼanal
• Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎁𐎋𐎁 (kbkb)
• Ukrainian: зі́рка (uk) f (zírka), звізда́ f (zvizdá) (dated)
• Urdu: ستارہ m (sitārā), تارا (tārā)
• Uyghur: يۇلتۇز (ug) (yultuz)
• Uzbek: Template:t-simple
• Venetian: Template:t-simple
• Veps: Template:t-simple
• Vietnamese: sao (vi)
• Vilamovian: Template:t-simple
• Volapük: Template:t-simple
• Voro: täht'
• Votic: Template:t-simple
• Walloon: Template:t-simple
• Waray-Waray: Template:t-simple
• Welsh: Template:t-simple
• West Coast Bajau: Template:t-simple
• West Frisian: Template:t-simple
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Wolof: Template:t-simple
• Xhosa: inkwenkwezi class 9/10
• Yakut: сулус (sulus), чолбон (colbon)
• Yiddish: שטערן m (shtern)
• Yoruba: ìràwọ̀
• Yup'ik: Template:t-simple
• Zazaki: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Zhuang: Template:t-simple
• Zulu: imbasa (zu) class 9/10, inkanyezi (zu) class 9/10

astronomy: a luminous celestial body

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܘܟܒܐ m (kawkəḇā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כוכבא m (kōḵəḇā)

• Archi: ххьӏоло́шхъӏан (xx̣olóšq̣an)
• Atayal: Template:t-simple
• Burmese: ကြယ် (my) (krai)
• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Dutch: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple
• Georgian: ვარსკვლავი (varsḳvlavi)
• Hausa: Template:t-simple
• Ido: Template:t-simple
• Indonesian: Template:t-simple
• Irish: Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
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• Japanese: 恒星 (ja) (こうせい, kōsei)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Polish: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gwězda f

  Upper Sorbian: hwězda f

• Spanish: Template:t-simple
• Sundanese: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: Template:t-simple
• Tagalog: Template:t-simple
• Thai: ดาวฤกษ์ (th) (daao-rə̂ək)
• Volapük: Template:t-simple
• Welsh: Template:t-simple
• Zulu: imbasa (zu) class 9/10, inkanyezi (zu) class 9/10

concave polygon

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 星形 (sing¹ jing⁴)

  Mandarin: 星形 (zh) (xīngxíng)

• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Dutch: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple
• Hebrew: כּוֹכָב (he) m (kokhav)
• Italian: Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 星形 (ほしがた, hoshigata)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: Template:t-simple
• Polish: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple
• Russian: звезда́ (ru) f (zvezdá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зве́зда f, звије́зда f

  Roman: zvézda (sh) f, zvijézda (sh) f

• Spanish: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: Template:t-simple
• Tagalog: Template:t-simple

celebrity

• Afrikaans: Template:t-simple
• Albanian: Template:t-simple
• Arabic: نَجْمَة f (najma)
• Armenian: աստղ (hy) (astġ)
• Breton: Template:t-simple
• Bulgarian: звезда́ (bg) (zvezdá)
• Catalan: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明星 (zh) (míngxīng)

• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Dutch: Template:t-simple, vedette (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Estonian: Template:t-simple
• Faroese: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, star (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ვარსკვლავი (varsḳvlavi)
• German: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Greek: αστέρι (el) n (astéri), αστέρας (el) m (astéras), σταρ (el) m (star)
• Hausa: Template:t-simple
• Hebrew: כּוֹכָב (he) (kokhav), סֶלֶב (he) (seleb), ידוען (he) (yeduan)
• Hindi: स्टार (sṭār)
• Hungarian: Template:t-simple
• Icelandic: Template:t-simple
• Ido: Template:t-simple
• Indonesian: Template:t-simple
• Interlingua: Template:t-simple
• Irish: Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 有名人 (ゆうめいじん, yūmeijin), 著名人 (ちょめいじん, chomeijin), 花形 (はながた, hanagata), スター (sutā)
• Khmer: តារា (km) (taaraa)
• Korean: 스타 (ko) (seuta)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: ئەستێرە (estêre)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Template:t-simple
• Latvian: Template:t-simple
• Luxembourgish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Macedonian: ѕвезда f (dzvezda)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Malayalam: താരം (ml) (tāraṁ)
• Maltese: Template:t-simple
• Maori: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Norwegian: Template:t-simple

  Bokmål: stjerne (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: stjerne (nn) f

• Persian: ستاره (fa) (setāre)
• Polish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Russian: звезда́ (ru) f (zvezdá)
• Sardinian: Template:t-simple
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зве́зда f, звије́зда f

  Roman: zvézda (sh) f, zvijézda (sh) f

• Slovak: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Slovene: Template:t-simple
• Spanish: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: Template:t-simple
• Tagalog: Template:t-simple
• Telugu: తార (te) (tāra)
• Turkish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Urdu: سٹار (sṭār)
• Veps: Template:t-simple
• Welsh: Template:t-simple
• West Frisian: Template:t-simple
• Zazaki: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Zulu: isihlabani class 7/8

actor

• Burmese: မင်းသား (my) (mang:sa:)
• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Georgian: ვარსკვლავი (varsḳvlavi), კინოვარსკვლავი (ḳinovarsḳvlavi)
• Hungarian: Template:t-simple
• Irish: Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 主役 (ja) (しゅやく, shuyaku), 主演 (ja) (しゅえん, shuen)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Maori: Template:t-simple
• Persian: ستاره سینما (fa) (setâre-ye sinamâ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Russian: звезда́ (ru) f (zvezdá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зве́зда f, звије́зда f

  Roman: zvézda (sh) f, zvijézda (sh) f

• Spanish: Template:t-simple, artista (es) m or f
• Swedish: Template:t-simple
• Tagalog: Template:t-simple
• Welsh: Template:t-simple
• Zazaki: Template:t-simple

talented or famous person

• Catalan: Template:t-simple
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明星 (zh) (míngxīng)

• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Greek: αστέρι (el) n (astéri)
• Hausa: Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 花形 (はながた, hanagata)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Maori: Template:t-simple
• Occitan: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Spanish: Template:t-simple
• Swahili: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: Template:t-simple

asterisk

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ m (kawkəḇōnā)

• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Dutch: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple
• German: Template:t-simple
• Greek: αστερίσκος (el) n (asterískos)
• Hebrew: כוכבית (kokhavit)
• Irish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 星 (ja) (ほし, hoshi), アスタリスク (ja) (asutarisuku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Maori: Template:t-simple
• Polish: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Russian: звёздочка (ru) f (zvjózdočka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: звездица f, звјездица f

  Roman: zvezdica (sh) f, zvjezdica (sh) f

• Spanish: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple

quality rating symbol

• Czech: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: Template:t-simple
• French: Template:t-simple
• Greek: αστέρι (el) n (astéri)
• Hebrew: כּוֹכָב (he) (kokhav)
• Hungarian: Template:t-simple
• Italian: Template:t-simple
• Japanese: 星 (ja) (ほし, hoshi)
• Malay: Template:t-simple
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stjerne (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: stjerne (nn) f

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Template:t-simple
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple
• Romanian: Template:t-simple
• Russian: звёздочка (ru) f (zvjózdočka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: звездица f, звјездица f

  Roman: zvezdica (sh) f, zvjezdica (sh) f

• Spanish: Template:t-simple
• Swahili: Template:t-simple
• Swedish: Template:t-simple

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "a luminous celestial body"

• Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} зо́рка f (zórka)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} зі́рка (uk) f (zírka)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sao (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "a person or thing"

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} ster (af)
• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} yll (sq) m
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَجْمَة f (najma)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} звезда́ (bg) (zvezdá)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} estrella (ca) f, ^{(please verify)} estel (ca) m
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ster (nl) f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} stelo (eo)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} täht (et)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} כוכב (he) (kokhav)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} stelo (io)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} stella
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} stella (it) f
• Khmer: តារា (km) (taaraa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} stēlla (la) f
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} ѕвезда (dzvezda)
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} താരം (ml) (tāraṁ)
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} niġma
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} ستاره (fa) (setāre), ^{(please verify)} اختر (fa) (axtar)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} stea (ro) f
• Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} isteddu m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} звезда f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} zvezda (sh) f

• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} zvezda (sl) f
• Thai: ดารา (th) (daa-raa)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "asterisk"

• Greenlandic: ^{(please verify)} ulloriaasaq
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

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.

Translations

to appear as a featured performer or headliner

• Esperanto: Template:t-simple
• Finnish: esittää pääosaa, Template:t-simple
• French: tenir le rôle principal
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} tener le rolo principal
• Italian: avere il ruolo principale, avere il ruolo da protagonista
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 主演する (ja) (しゅえんする, shuen suru)
• Portuguese: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Spanish: Template:t-simple, Template:t-simple
• Telugu: నక్షత్రం (te) (nakṣatraṁ)
• Welsh: Template:t-simple

See also

• astronomy
• black hole
• galaxy
• moon
• mullet
• planet
• red giant

Anagrams

• RATs, RTAs, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, sart, tars, tsar

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio:

  (file)

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑr

Adjective

star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

1. stiff, frozen
2. rigid

Inflection

Declension of star
uninflected	star
inflected	starre
comparative	starder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		star	starder	het starst het starste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	starre	stardere	starste
	n. sing.	star	starder	starste
	plural	starre	stardere	starste
definite		starre	stardere	starste
partitive		stars	starders	—

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staʁ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio:

  (file)

Noun

star f (plural stars)

1. star (celebrity)

   Elle est devenue star. - she's become a star.

Derived terms

• stariser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• arts, rats, tsar

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English star.

Noun

star f (invariable)

1. star (celebrity)

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin stāre.

Verb

star

1. to be (indicates a temporary state)

See also

• ser

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. alternative form of stare

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâr/

Adjective

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

1. old

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		star	stara	staro
genitive		stara	stare	stara
dative		staru	staroj	staru
accusative	inanimate animate	star stara	staru	staro
vocative		star	stara	staro
locative		staru	staroj	staru
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)

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)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najstariji	najstarija	najstarije
genitive		najstarijeg(a)	najstarije	najstarijeg(a)
dative		najstarijem(u)	najstarijoj	najstarijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najstariji najstarijeg(a)	najstariju	najstarije
vocative		najstariji	najstarija	najstarije
locative		najstarijem(u)	najstarijoj	najstarijem(u)
instrumental		najstarijim	najstarijom	najstarijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najstariji	najstarije	najstarija
genitive		najstarijih	najstarijih	najstarijih
dative		najstarijim(a)	najstarijim(a)	najstarijim(a)
accusative		najstarije	najstarije	najstarija
vocative		najstariji	najstarije	najstarija
locative		najstarijim(a)	najstarijim(a)	najstarijim(a)
instrumental		najstarijim(a)	najstarijim(a)	najstarijim(a)

Derived terms

• prastar

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈstár/
• Template:sl-tonal

Adjective

stàr (comparative starêjši, superlative nȁjstarêjši)

1. old, aged

   Star sem dvajset let.

   I'm twenty years old.

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	stàr	stára	stáro
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stàr ind stári def	stára	stáro
genitive	stárega	stáre	stárega
dative	stáremu	stári	stáremu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	stáro	stáro
locative	stárem	stári	stárem
instrumental	stárim	stáro	stárim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stára	stári	stári
genitive	stárih	stárih	stárih
dative	stárima	stárima	stárima
accusative	stára	stári	stári
locative	stárih	stárih	stárih
instrumental	stárima	stárima	stárima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stári	stáre	stára
genitive	stárih	stárih	stárih
dative	stárim	stárim	stárim
accusative	stáre	stáre	stára
locative	stárih	stárih	stárih
instrumental	stárimi	stárimi	stárimi

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Antonyms

• mlad

Derived terms

• prestàr

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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

* Venetan 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	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