English

Noun

star, plural stars

1. A luminous celestial body, made up of gases (particularly hydrogen and helium), forming a sphere. Thousands of stars are visible in the night sky. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
2. Figurative a person or thing held as a positive example. A star athlete.
3. A celebrity or noteworthy performer.

Translations

• Albanian: yll
• Breton: steredenn f -où (1,3), stered collective noun -enn singular f (1)
• Catalan: estrella f, estel m
• Chinese: 星
• Czech: hvězda f
• Dutch: ster f (1, 2, 3); vedette (3) m,f
• Esperanto: stelo
• Estonian: täht
• Finnish: tähti (1, 2, 3), huippu (2)
• French: étoile f, astre (1), vedette f, star m,f(3)
• Frisian: stjer (1,3)
• German: Stern (de) m (1), Star (de) m (3)
• Greek: (aster, astir, Anc.), αστέρι n (asteri, Mod.)
• Guarani: mbyja (1)
• Hebrew : כוכב
• Icelandic: stjarna (1,3)
• Ido: stelo
• Indonesian: bintang (1,3)
• Interlingua: stella (1,2,3)
• Italian: stella f
• Japanese: 星 (ほし , hoshi), 恒星 (こうせい, kousei) (1)
• Korean: 별 (byeol)
• Latin: stella f
• Persian: ستاره (setareh)
• Polish: gwiazda f
• Portuguese: estrela f (1,2,3); astro m (2,3)
• Romanian: stea f
• Romanica: stella f
• Russian: звезда f
• Slovak: hviezda f
• Slovene: zvezda f
• Spanish: estrella f
• Swedish: stjärna c (1,2,3)
• Tupinambá: îasytatá (1)
• Turkish: yıldız (tr) (1)
• Welsh: seren

Verb

star, present participle starring, past and past participle starred

1. appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program; see (3) above.

Translations

• Interlingua: tener le rolo principal
• Portuguese: estrelar

Derived terms

• neutron star
• starfish
• starry
• starry-eyed
• star-crossed
• starman
• stellar
• superstar

See Also

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

Dutch

Adjective

star

1. stiff, frozen
2. rigid

German

Noun

Star m

1. Disease which causes cataract, leucoma .
2. Small bird with dark feathers, which imitates other birds' voices, starling, Sturnus vulgaris

Translations

• English: leucoma (1), starling (2)
• Latin: Sturnus vulgaris (2)
• Persian: سرطان خون (saratane khun) (1), سار (saar) (2)
• Polish: zaćma f (1), bielmo n (1), szpak m (2)