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English

Etymology

From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe (“earth, ground, soil, dry land”), from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþ? (“earth, ground, soil”) (compare West Frisian ierde, Low German Eerd, Dutch aarde, Dutch Low Saxon eerde, German Erde, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian jord), related to *erwô (“earth”) (compare Old High German ero, perhaps Old Norse j?rfi), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (compare Ancient Greek *??? (*éra) in ????? (éraze, “on the ground”), perhaps Tocharian B yare (“gravel”).

Probably unrelated, and of unknown etymology, is Old Armenian ????? (erkir, “earth”). Likewise, the phonologically similar Proto-Semitic *?ar??- – whence Arabic ?????? (?ar?), Hebrew ?????? (?ere?) – is probably not related.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Proper noun

earth

2. Alternative letter-case form of Earth; Our planet, third out from the Sun.

Usage notes

• The word earth is capitalized to Earth when used in context with other celestial bodies.

Translations

Noun

earth (countable and uncountable, plural earths)

1. (uncountable) Soil.

2. (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.

3. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
4. (Britain) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
5. The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.
6. A region of the planet; a land or country.
7. Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
8. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
9. The people on the globe.
10. (archaic) The human body.
11. (alchemy, philosophy and Taoism) The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
12. (chemistry, obsolete) Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Verb

earth (third-person singular simple present earths, present participle earthing, simple past and past participle earthed)

1. (Britain, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth.

   Synonym: ground

2. (transitive) To bury.
3. (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
4. (intransitive) To burrow.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tickell to this entry?)

Derived terms

• earthing
• unearth

Translations

Anagrams

• Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Taher, Terah, Thera, hater, heart, rathe, rehat, th'are, thare

English

Etymology

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *stern? (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r (“star”). Doublet of aster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st??(?)/
• (US) enPR: stär, IPA^(key): /st??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

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.

6. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
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.
    • Men bless their stars and call it luxury.
11. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
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

• aster (obsolete)
• (astronomy): * (abbreviation), sun

Hypernyms

• (astronomy): celestial body

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• estoile
• étoile
• stella

Descendants

• ? French: star
• ? German: Star
• ? Italian: star

Translations

See star/translations § Noun.

See also

• Thesaurus:star

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.
5. (intransitive) To shine like a star.

Synonyms

• (to mark with an asterisk): asterisk

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r

Adjective

star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

1. stiff, frozen
2. rigid

Inflection

Related terms

• halsstarrig

French

Etymology

From English star.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• arts, rats, tsar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English star.

Noun

star f (invariable)

1. star (celebrity)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (sit?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?r/
• Rhymes: -a?r

Noun

star m (plural stari)

1. veil

   Synonym: (commoner) velu

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin st?re.

Verb

star

1. to be (indicates a temporary state)

See also

• ser

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. alternative form of stare

Noun

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

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by stær

Portuguese

Verb

star (first-person singular present indicative stou, past participle stado)

1. Obsolete spelling of estar

Sabir

Etymology

From Italian stare (“to be”).

Verb

star

1. to be

References

• Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *star?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâr/

Adjective

st?r (definite st?r?, comparative stàrij?, Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. old

Declension

Derived terms

• prastar

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *star?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stár/

Adjective

st?r (comparative star?jši, superlative n?jstar?jši)

1. old, aged

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Antonyms

• mlad

Derived terms

• prestàr

Further reading

• “star”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?. 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.