star

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See also: Star, står, and Stär

English[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

cognates

Cognate with Scots starn, North Frisian steer, West Frisian stjer, Saterland Frisian Stiern, Dutch ster, Luxembourgish Stär, German Stern, Yiddish שטערן‎ (shtern), Vilamovian śtaom, Swedish stjärna, Norwegian stjerne, Icelandic stjarna, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō), Spanish estrella, Portuguese estrela, Italian stella, Romanian stea, Occitan estela, Venetian stéła, Sicilian stidda, Sardinian isteddu, Mirandese streilha, Walloon sitoele, Romansch staila, Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă, Istriot stila, Istro-Romanian ste, Latin stēlla, Greek αστέρι (astéri), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), Old Armenian աստղ (astł), Persian ستاره‎ (setâre), Tajik ситора (sitora), Pashto ستوری‎ (storay), Mazanderani اساره‎ (ëssâre), Northern Kurdish stêr, Central Kurdish ئەستێرە‎ (estêre), Zazaki astare, Ossetian стъалы (st’aly), Hindi तारा (tārā), Urdu تارا‎ (tārā), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā), Gujarati તારો (tārō), Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.
  3. (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.
  4. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
  5. (acting) An actor in a leading role.
    Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
  6. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
    His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
    • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, The Bat, chapterI:
      Star reporter, leg-man, cub, veteran gray in the trade—one and all they tried to pin the Bat like a caught butterfly to the front page of their respective journals—soon or late each gave up, beaten. He was news— […]—the brief, staccato recital of his career in the morgues of the great dailies grew longer and more incredible each day.
  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 stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
  10. (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
    What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
  11. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
  12. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (astronomy): * (abbreviation)

Hypernyms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

Hyponyms of star

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from star

Descendants[edit]

Translations[edit]

astronomy: a luminous celestial body
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Verb[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
  2. (transitive) To feature a performer or a headliner, especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
  3. (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
  4. (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
    • Young
      A sable curtain starred with gold.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch star, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *staraz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

  1. stiff, frozen
  2. rigid

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of star
uninflected star
inflected starre
comparative starder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial star starder het starst
het starste
indefinite m./f. sing. starre stardere starste
n. sing. star starder starste
plural starre stardere starste
definite starre stardere starste
partitive stars starders —

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

star f (plural stars)

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

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Further reading[edit]

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English star.

Noun[edit]

star f (invariable)

  1. star (celebrity)

Mirandese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin stāre.

Verb[edit]

star

  1. to be (indicates a temporary state)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Noun[edit]

star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

  1. alternative form of stare

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. old

Declension[edit]

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)

Derived terms[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

stàr (comparative starêjši, superlative nàjstarêjši)

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of stàr (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative stàr ind
stári def 		stára stáro
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim stáro stáro
genitive stárega stáre stárega
dative stáremu stári stáremu
locative stárem stári stárem
instrumental stárim stáro stárim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative stára stári stári
accusative stára stári stári
genitive stárih stárih stárih
dative stárima stárima stárima
locative stárih stárih stárih
instrumental stárima stárima stárima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative stári stáre stára
accusative stáre stáre stára
genitive stárih stárih stárih
dative stárim stárim stárim
locative stárih stárih stárih
instrumental stárimi stárimi stárimi

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Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

star

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

Conjugation[edit]

  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of star (first conjugation)
infinitive star
auxiliary verb èser gerund stando
past participle stà
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present sto (te) sti (el/ła) sta stémo, stòn sté (i/łe) sta
imperfect stava (te) stavi (el/ła) stava stàvimo stavi (i/łe) stava
future starò (te) starè (el/ła) starà starémo starè (i/łe) starà
conditional mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present starìa (te) starisi (el/ła) starìa starìsimo starisi (i/łe) starìa
subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
present ste, sta (te) sti (el/ła) ste, (el/ła) sta stémo, stone sté (i/łe) ste, (i/łe) sta
imperfect stase (te) stasi (el/ła) stase stàsimo stasi (i/łe) stase
imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
— (te) sta (el/ła) sta, (el/ła) ste stémo sté (i/łe) sta, (i/łe) ste
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