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star
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)
- Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
- (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.
- (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
- (acting) An actor in a leading role.
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
- (printing) An asterisk (*).
- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- 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.
- (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
- Men bless their stars and call it luxury.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
- 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)
- (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
- (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- (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)
- stiff, frozen
- rigid
Inflection
Related terms
- halsstarrig
French
Etymology
From English star.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta?/
Noun
star f (plural stars)
- 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)
- star (celebrity)
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (sit?r).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta?r/
- Rhymes: -a?r
Noun
star m (plural stari)
- veil
- Synonym: (commoner) velu
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin st?re.
Verb
star
- to be (indicates a temporary state)
See also
- ser
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- alternative form of stare
Noun
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by stær
Portuguese
Verb
star (first-person singular present indicative stou, past participle stado)
- Obsolete spelling of estar
Sabir
Etymology
From Italian stare (“to be”).
Verb
star
- 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 ?????)
- 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)
- 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
- (transitive) To stay or remain
- (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.
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starburst
English
Etymology
star +? burst
Noun
starburst (plural starbursts)
- A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
- 2002: Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
- ... his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black ...
- 2003: Tim Cockey, Murder in the Hearse Degree: A Novel
- A starburst of red exploded on his chest and he flew backward a good six or seven feet.
- 2004: Elizabeth George, Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
- ... and another that creates a cicatrix starburst from her right eye to her temple. This scar is the result of an accident when she was ten years old, ...
- 2002: Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
- (typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ?.
- (astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
- (astronomy) A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.
- The Milky Way will see a starburst in approximately 200,000,000 years.
Translations
See also
- starburst galaxy
Verb
starburst (third-person singular simple present starbursts, present participle starbursting, simple past and past participle starbursted)
- (astronomy, of a region of space) To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.
- To explode; to burst out violently via, or in such a manner as to cause, an explosion.
- To make a starburst pattern.
- To refract and sparkle.
- 1998: Graham Joyce, The Tooth Fairy
- The faint light from the sky starbursted on a tear. Suddenly there was something appallingly human about her.
- 1998: Graham Joyce, The Tooth Fairy
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