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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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starless
English
Etymology
From Middle English sterreles, equivalent to star +? -less.
Adjective
starless (not comparable)
- without visible stars.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 3, lines 422-6, [1]
- A globe far off / It seemed, now seems a boundless continent / Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of Night / Starless exposed, and ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round, inclement sky;
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter 11, [2]
- The sky was no longer blue. North-eastward it was inky black, and out of the blackness shone brightly and steadily the pale white stars. Overhead it was a deep Indian red and starless, and south-eastward it grew brighter to a glowing scarlet where, cut by the horizon, lay the huge hull of the sun, red and motionless.
- 1931, Sinclair Lewis, "Ring Around a Rosy" in I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories, Dell, 1962, p. 160,
- A searchlight wounded the starless dark.
- 1940, Robert Hayden, "Sonnet to E.," lines 1-2, in Heart-Shape in the Dust, cited in "Robert Hayden: The Apprenticeship: Heart-Shape in the Dust (1940)", African-American Poets, Volume 1: 1700s—1940s, edited by Harold Bloom, Infobase, 2009, p. 15,
- Beloved, there have been starless times when I / Have longed to join the alien hosts of death,
- 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, Dell, 1985, Book One, Chapter 1, p. 10,
- A hotel's enormous neon name challenged the starless sky.
- 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, New York: Vintage, 2004, p. 35,
- […] there is nothing to beat what the City can make of a nightsky. It can empty itself of surface, and more like the ocean than the ocean itself, go deep, starless.
- The starless night was very dark.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 3, lines 422-6, [1]
Translations
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