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

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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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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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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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star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

  1. stiff, frozen
  2. rigid

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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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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.

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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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