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Old English steorra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
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Singular
star
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Plural
stars
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star (plural stars)
- A small luminous, immobile dot in the sky.
- (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.
- A widely-known person; a celebrity.
- (acting) Actors in leading roles in movies, television shows and other dramatic media.
- An exceptionally talented person, often in a specific field.
- His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
- (printing) An asterisk (*).
- A symbol used to rate quality, notably used for hotels, with ratings from 1 (poor quality) to 5 stars (top quality).
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- (astronomy): * (abbreviation)
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luminous celestial body
- Afrikaans: ster
- Albanian: yll sq(sq)
- Arabic: نجمة (nájma) f.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܟܘܟܒܐ (kawkbā’) m.
- Hebrew: כוכבא (kawkbā’) m.
- Archi: ххьӀолошхъӀан
- Armenian: աստղ hy(hy) (astġ)
- Old Armenian: աստղ (astł)
- Aromanian: steauo
- Aymara: warawara
- Azeri: ulduz
- Bashkir: йондоҙ ba(ba) (yondoź)
- Basque: izar
- Belarusian: зорка be(be) (zorka) f.
- Bosnian: zvijezda bs(bs) f.
- Breton: steredenn f., steredennoù, stered collective noun, steredenn f. sg.
- Bulgarian: звезда bg(bg) (zvezda)
- Buryat: одон (odon)
- Catalan: estrella f., estel m.
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵜⵔⵉ (itri) m.
- Chagatai: ىولدوز (yulduz)
- Chamicuro: katepulu
- Chechen: седа (seda)
- Chinese: trad. 恆星, simpl. 恒星 (héng xīng)
- Chuvash: ҫӑлтӑр (śăltăr)
- Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou)
- Cornish: steren
- Croatian: zvijezda hr(hr) f.
- Czech: hvězda cs(cs) f.
- Danish: stjerne da(da) c.
- Dolgan: һулус (hulus)
- Dutch: ster nl(nl) f.
- Egyptian: sb
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- Eshtehardi: استَرَ (estara)
- Esperanto: stelo eo(eo)
- Estonian: täht et(et)
- Ewe: ɣletivi
- Fang: otiteñ
- Faroese: stjørna fo(fo) f.
- Fijian: kalo kalo
- Finnish: tähti fi(fi)
- French: étoile fr(fr) f., astre fr(fr)
- Gagauz: yıldız
- Georgian: ვარსკვლავი (varskvlavi)
- German: Stern de(de) m.
- Gilbertese: toui toui
- Greek: αστέρι el(el) (astéri) n., άστρο el(el) (ástro) n., αστέρας el(el) (astéras) m., αστήρ el(el) (astír) m., αστρί el(el) (astrí) n., άστερας el(el) (ásteras) m.
- Greenlandic: ulloriaq kl(kl)
- Guaraní: mbyja
- Haitian Creole: zetwal
- Hebrew: כּוֹכַב (kokhav) m.
- Hungarian: csillag hu(hu)
- Icelandic: stjarna is(is)
- Ido: stelo
- Indonesian: bintang id(id)
- Interlingua: stella
- Irish: réalta ga(ga) f.
- Isthmus Zapotec: streya, beleguí
- Istro-Romanian: stevu
- Italian: stella it(it) f.
- Japanese: 星 (ほし, hoshi), 恒星 (こうせい, kōsei)
- Kalmyk: одн (odn)
- Karachay-Balkar: жулдуз (culduz), джулдуз (culduz)
- Karakalpak: juldız
- Kazakh: жұлдыз kk(kk) (juldız)
- Khakas: чылтыс (çıltıs)
- Khmer: តារា (daaraa), ផ្កាយ (pgai)
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- Korean: 별 (byeol)
- Kumyk: юлдуз (yulduz)
- Kurdish: stêr ku(ku) f., ئهستێره ku(ku)
- Kyrgyz: жылдыз ky(ky) (cıldız)
- Lao: ດາວ lo(lo) (daau), ນັກຂັດຕະ lo(lo) (nak-khat-ta')
- Latin: stella la(la) f., astrum la(la) n.
- Latvian: zvaigzne lv(lv) f.
- Lithuanian: žvaigždė lt(lt)
- Luo: sulwe
- Macedonian: ѕвезда (dzvezda)
- Malay: bintang ms(ms)
- Malayalam: നക്ഷത്രം (nakshathram), താരം (thaaram)
- Maltese: niġma mt(mt) f., stilla mt(mt)
- Manchu: usiha
- Marshallese: iju
- Megleno-Romanian: steau̯ă f.
- Mongolian: од mn(mn) (od)
- Nahuatl: citlalli
- Nauruan: edetan
- Navajo: sǫ́
- Nogai: юлдыз (yuldız)
- Norwegian: stjerne no(no) f.
- Old Church Slavonic: ѕвѣзда (dzvězda) f., ѕвѣзды (dzvězdy) f. pl.
- Old English: steorra ang(ang) m., tungol ang(ang) n.
- Ottoman Turkish: اختر (ahter), ىلدز (yıldız)
- Persian: ستاره (setāre), اختر (axtar), کوکب fa(fa), نجم fa(fa)
- Polish: gwiazda pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: estrela pt(pt) f.
- Rapanui: hetu`u
- Romanian: stea ro(ro) f.
- Russian: звезда ru(ru) (zvezdá) f.
- Sanskrit: तांरा, तारका, तारिका, नक्षत्रं
- Sardinian: isteddu m.
- Scottish Gaelic: reul f., rionnag f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: звезда sr(sr) f.
- Roman: zvezda f.
- Shor: чылтыс (çıltıs)
- Sicilian: stidda scn(scn) f.
- Slovak: hviezda sk(sk) f.
- Slovene: zvezda sl(sl) f.
- Sotho: naledi st(st)
- Southern Altai: јылдыс (cıldıs), чолмон (çolmon)
- Spanish: estrella es(es) f., astro es(es) m.
- Sranan Tongo: stari
- Swahili: nyota (nc 9/10)
- Swedish: stjärna sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: bituin, tala
- Tahitian: feti’a
- Tajik: ситора tg(tg) (sitora)
- Taos: p’ȍxəłóna
- Tatar: yoldız tt(tt), йолдыз tt(tt)
- Telugu: నక్షత్రం (nakshatraM), తార (tAra), చుక్క (chukka)
- Thai: ดาว (daao)
- Transalpine Gaulish: sirom
- Tupinambá: îasytatá
- Turkish: yıldız tr(tr), yultuz tr(tr)
- Turkmen: ýyldyz tk(tk)
- Tuvan: сылдыс (sıldıs)
- Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎁𐎋𐎁 (kbkb)
- Urdu: ستارہ ur(ur) (sitāra) m.
- Uyghur: يۇلتۇز ug(ug) (yultuz)
- Uzbek: yulduz uz(uz)
- Vietnamese: ngôi sao, sao
- Welsh: seren cy(cy)
- West Frisian: stjer
- Yakut: сулус (sulus), чолбон (çolbon)
- Yiddish: שטערן yi(yi) (shtern) m.
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celebrity
- Afrikaans: ster
- Albanian: yll sq(sq)
- Arabic: نجمة (nájma) f.
- Armenian: աստղ hy(hy) (astġ)
- Bosnian: zvijezda bs(bs) f.
- Breton: steredenn f., steredennoù pl.
- Bulgarian: звезда bg(bg) (zvezda)
- Catalan: estrella ca(ca) f., estel ca(ca) m.
- Chinese: 星 (xīng)
- Czech: hvězda cs(cs) f.
- Dutch: ster nl(nl) f., vedette nl(nl) m. and f. (3)
- Esperanto: stelulo eo(eo); stelulino eo(eo)
- Estonian: täht et(et)
- Faroese: stjørna fo(fo) f.
- Finnish: tähti fi(fi)
- French: étoile fr(fr) f., vedette fr(fr) f., star fr(fr) m. and f.
- German: Prominenter de(de) m., Prominente de(de) f., Promi de(de) m., Star de(de) m.
- Greek: αστέρι (astéri) n., αστέρας (astéras) m., σταρ (star) m.
- Hebrew: כוכב (kokhav), סֶלֶב (seleb} [a short of סלבריטאי celebritay, celebrity]
- Hungarian: sztár hu(hu)
- Icelandic: stjarna is(is)
- Ido: stelo
- Indonesian: bintang id(id)
- Interlingua: stella
- Italian: stella it(it) f., star it(it) f.
- Japanese: 星 (ほし, hoshi)
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a luminous celestial body
a person or thing
asterisk
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to star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)
- To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- To mark with a star or asterisk.
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to appear as a featured performer or headliner
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star, stare (comparative starer, starere; superlative starst, starste)
- stiff, frozen
- rigid
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star (comparative starer; superlative het starst, het starste)
- stiffly
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English
star f. inv.
- star (performer)
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From Proto-Slavic *starъ.
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stȁr (definite stȃrī, comparative stàrijī, Cyrillic spelling ста̏р)
- old
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From Proto-Slavic *starъ.
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stàr (comparative starejši, superlative najstarejši, elative prestar)
- old, aged
- Star sem dvajset.
- I'm twenty years old.
