different between estelle vs stella

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin st?lla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile and étoile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

stella (plural stellae)

1. (botany) A star-shaped structure.
2. (US, numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of Stella.

Derived terms

• stellar
• stellate
• stellify
• stelliform

Related terms

References

• “stella”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• all set, sallet

Corsican

Alternative forms

• stedda, stidda

Etymology

From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *st?rol?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r. Cognates include Italian stella and Romanian stea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stel?a/

Noun

stella f (plural stelle)

1. star

References

• “stella, stedda, stidda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *st?rol?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Noun

stella (plural stellas)

1. star

Italian

Etymology

From Latin st?lla, from Proto-Italic *st?rol?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r. Doublet of étoile.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?stel.la/
• (Milan) IPA^(key): /?st?l.la/
• (Milan)
• Hyphenation: stél?la

Noun

stella f (plural stelle)

1. a star
2. (heraldry) star, mullet

Related terms

• stella alpina
• stella binaria
• stella filante
• stellante
• stellare
• stelletta
• stellina
• stellone
• stelloncino

Anagrams

• stalle

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *st?rol?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ste?l.la/, [?s?t?e?l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?stel.la/, [?st??l??]

Noun

st?lla f (genitive st?llae); first declension

1. (literally) a star; (poetic) a constellation

   Synonyms: ast?r, astrum, s?dus

   1. a wandering star, a planet

      Synonym: st?lla err?ns

   2. a meteor, a shooting star
2. (transferred sense)
   1. a star shape, a figure of a star
   2. a bright point on a precious stone
   3. a starfish
   4. a glowworm
   5. a pupil of an eye

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• st?ll?ns
• st?ll?re
• st?ll?t?ra

Descendants

References

• stella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin st?lla.

Noun

stella f (plural stelle)

1. star

Descendants

• Tarantino: stella

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *st?rol?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Noun

stella f (oblique plural stellas, nominative singular stella, nominative plural stellas)

1. star

Descendants

• Occitan: estela, estiala
• Occitan: Estela
  • ? French: Estelle

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin st?lla, from Proto-Italic *st?rol?, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r, derived from the root *h?eh?s- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stel.la/

Noun

stella f (plural stellas)

1. (Campidanese) star

   Synonyms: steddu, streglia

stella f (plural stelli)

1. (Gallurese) star

   Synonyms: istella, stedda

Tarantino

Etymology

From Neapolitan stella, Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *st?rol?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Noun

stella

1. star