estrella

See also: Estrella and estrellá

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾeʎa/, [es̪ˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lla

Noun

estrella f (plural estrelles)

1. star

Catalan

Alternative forms

• estrela (Valencian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estrella, from Latin stēlla. Compare estel.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əsˈtɾə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈtɾɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾe.ʎa/

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Noun

estrella f (plural estrelles)

1. star

   Synonym: estel

Derived terms

• estrellat

Further reading

• “estrella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “estrella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estrella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Leonese

Alternative forms

• estreilla

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Noun

estrella f

1. star

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stēlla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾeʎa/

Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)

1. star
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v. a.

     Sõnaua q̃ el ſol. e la luna. E .xj. eſtrellas me adorauan.

     I dreamt that the sun, then the moon, then eleven stars worshiped me.

   • Idem, f. 77v. b.

     alli luego guio el eſtrella alos tres reyes magos que uinjeron de orient.

     there the star later guided the Three Wise Men that came from the east.

Derived terms

• estrellero m

Descendants

• Catalan: estrella
• Ladino: estreya
• Spanish: estrella
  • Papiamentu: strea
  • → Sardinian: streglia (Campidanese)
  • → Tagalog: estrelya
• Spanish: Estrella
  • → Cebuano: Estrella
  • → English: Estrella
  • → Tagalog: Estrella

Portuguese

Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of estrela

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾeʝa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /esˈtɾeʝa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /esˈtɾeʎa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /esˈtɾeʃa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /esˈtɾeʒa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -eʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: es‧tre‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish estrella (compare Galician estrela, Portuguese estrela and Catalan estrella), from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)

1. star (celestial body)

   Synonym: astro

2. star (geometry)
3. star (most important person in e.g. a film)
4. (heraldry) mullet, star

Derived terms

• anís estrella
• buena estrella
• Estrella
• estrella binaria
• estrella de carbono
• estrella de David
• estrella de helio
• estrella de la tarde
• estrella de mar
• estrella de neutrones
• estrella doble
• estrella enana
• estrella fija
• estrella fugaz
• estrella gigante
• estrella polar
• estrella porno
• estrella rezagada azul
• estrellado
• estrellar (verb)
• estrellita (diminutive)
• estrellón
• ir de estrella (verb)
• lluvia de estrellas
• nacer con estrella (verb)

 

Related terms

• estelar
• estrellar

 

Descendants

• Papiamentu: strea
• → Sardinian: streglia (Campidanese)
• → Tagalog: estrelya

Etymology 2

Verb

estrella

1. inflection of estrellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estrella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014