estelar

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder.

Proto-Italic *stērlā

Latin stēlla

Latin stellarislbor.

Galician estelar

Learned borrowing from Latin stellaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esteˈlaɾ/ [es̺.t̪eˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: es‧te‧lar

Adjective

estelar m or f (plural estelares)

1. stellar

Derived terms

• interestelar

Related terms

• estrela

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder.

Proto-Italic *stērlā

Latin stēlla

Latin stēllārisbor.

Portuguese estelar

Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teˈlaʁ/ [is.teˈlah], /es.teˈlaʁ/ [es.teˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teˈlaʁ/ [is.teˈlah], /es.teˈlaʁ/ [es.teˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.teˈlaɾ/, /es.teˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.teˈlaʁ/ [iʃ.teˈlaχ], /eʃ.teˈlaʁ/ [eʃ.teˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.teˈlaɻ/, /es.teˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

estelar m or f (plural estelares)

1. (astronomy) stellar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars)

Related terms

• estrela

Further reading

• “estelar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “estelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder.

Proto-Italic *stērlā

Latin stēlla

Latin stellārisbor.

Spanish estelar

Borrowed from Latin stellāris. Doublet of estrellar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esteˈlaɾ/ [es.t̪eˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧te‧lar

Adjective

estelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural estelares)

1. (relational) star; stellar (of or relating to stars)
2. stellar, extraordinary, outstanding

Derived terms

• cúmulo estelar
• nave estelar
• viento estelar

Related terms

• circunestelar
• estrella
• estrellar
• interestelar

Further reading

• “estelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• alertes, alteres, Laertes, relates, resalte, resalté, retales, telares, teleras