star

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[edit] English

Stars (1, 2)
A star shape (3)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-Germanic *sternaz (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astēr, “star”).

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[edit] 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
  4. A widely-known person; a celebrity.
  5. (acting) Actors in leading roles in movies, television shows and other dramatic media.
  6. An exceptionally talented person, often in a specific field.
    His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
  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 starts, depending on the hand which is in the middle.

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  • (astronomy): * (abbreviation)

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Terms derived from star (noun)

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luminous celestial body
astronomy: a luminous celestial body
concave polygon
celebrity
actor
talented person
asterisk
quality rating symbol
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a luminous celestial body

a person or thing

asterisk

[edit] Verb

star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)

  1. To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
  2. To mark with a star or asterisk.

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to appear as a featured performer or headliner

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star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

  1. stiff, frozen
  2. rigid

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Declension of star
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial star starder  
neuter
singular		 indefinite star starder
definite starre stardere starste het starst(e)
common singular starre stardere starste de starste
plural starre stardere starste de starste
partitive stars starders  


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star (comparative starder; superlative het starst, het starste)

  1. stiffly

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star f. (plural stars)

  1. star (celebrity)
    Elle est devenue star. - she's become a star.

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star f. inv.

  1. star (celebrity)

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From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

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stȁr (definite stȃrī, comparative stàrijī, Cyrillic spelling ста̏р)

  1. old

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    positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative star stara staro
genitive stara stare stara
dative staru staroj staru
accusative inanimate
animate		 star
stara		 staru staro
vocative star stara staro
locative staru staroj staru
instrumental starim starom starim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stari stare stara
genitive starih starih starih
dative starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
accusative stare stare stara
vocative stari stare stara
locative starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
instrumental starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
    positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative stari stara staro
genitive starog(a) stare starog(a)
dative starom(u/e) staroj starom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 stari
starog(a)		 staru staro
vocative stari stara staro
locative starom(e/u) staroj starom(e/u)
instrumental starim starom starim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stari stare stara
genitive starih starih starih
dative starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
accusative stare stare stara
vocative stari stare stara
locative starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
instrumental starim(a) starim(a) starim(a)
    comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative stariji starija starije
genitive starijeg(a) starije starijeg(a)
dative starijem(u) starijoj starijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 stariji
starijeg(a)		 stariju starije
vocative stariji starija starije
locative starijem(u) starijoj starijem(u)
instrumental starijim starijom starijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stariji starije starija
genitive starijih starijih starijih
dative starijim(a) starijim(a) starijim(a)
accusative starije starije starija
vocative stariji starije starija
locative starijim(a) starijim(a) starijim(a)
instrumental starijim(a) starijim(a) starijim(a)
    superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najstariji najstarija najstarije
genitive najstarijeg(a) najstarije najstarijeg(a)
dative najstarijem(u) najstarijoj najstarijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 najstariji
najstarijeg(a)		 najstariju najstarije
vocative najstariji najstarija najstarije
locative najstarijem(u) najstarijoj najstarijem(u)
instrumental najstarijim najstarijom najstarijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najstariji najstarije najstarija
genitive najstarijih najstarijih najstarijih
dative najstarijim(a) najstarijim(a) najstarijim(a)
accusative najstarije najstarije najstarija
vocative najstariji najstarije najstarija
locative najstarijim(a) najstarijim(a) najstarijim(a)
instrumental najstarijim(a) najstarijim(a) najstarijim(a)

[edit] Slovene

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From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

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stàr (comparative starejši, superlative najstarejši, elative prestar)

  1. old, aged
    Star sem dvajset.
    I'm twenty years old.

[edit] Venetian

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From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō. Compare Italian stare

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star (transitive)

  1. To stay or remain
  2. To live (somewhere)

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    Conjugation of star ( 1st conjugation regular)
infinitive star
auxiliary verb éser gerund stando
past participle stà NB: clitic pronouns (bold) are obligatory
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti te eło el / eła ła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri i / łore łe
present sto sti sta stémo, stòn sté sta
imperfect stava stavi stava stàvimo stavi stava
future starò starè starà starémo starè starà
conditional mi ti te eło el / eła ła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri i / łore łe
present starìa starisi starìa starìsimo starisi starìa
subjunctive che mi che ti te che eło el / eła ła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / noialtre che łuri i / łore łe
present ste, sta sti ste, sta stémo, stone sté ste, sta
imperfect stase stasi stase stàsimo stasi stase
imperative - ti te eło el / eła ła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri i / łore łe
sta sta, ste stémo sté sta, ste
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