starry

See also: Starry

English

Etymology

From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑː.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹ.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Adjective

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

1. Having stars visible.

   Synonym: stelliferous

   Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.

2. Resembling or shaped like a star.
   • 1904, Flora and Sylva (volume 2, page 90)

     An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.

3. Full of stars or celebrities.

   Synonym: star-studded

   Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.

Coordinate terms

• stellar

 

Translations

having stars visible

• Bulgarian: звезден (zvezden)
• Catalan: estelat (ca)
• French: étoilé (fr)
• Galician: estrelado
• German: sternenklar, gestirnt (de), bestirnt (de)
• Greek: έναστρος (el) m (énastros)
• Irish: réaltach, réaltógach
• Italian: stellato (it)

• Latin: stellātus, sīdereus
• Macedonian: ѕвезден (dzvezden)
• Old English: āstierred
• Polish: gwieździsty (pl), gwiaździsty (pl), gwiezdny (pl), rozgwieżdżony (pl)
• Portuguese: estrelado (pt)
• Romanian: înstelat (ro)
• Russian: звёздный (ru) (zvjózdnyj)
• Spanish: estrellado (es), estelífero (es), astrífero (es)
• Welsh: serennog (cy), serog

shaped like a star

• Bulgarian: звездообразен (zvezdoobrazen)
• Catalan: estelat (ca)
• French: étoilé (fr)
• Galician: estrelado
• German: sternförmig (de), sternartig
• Greek: αστεροειδής (el) m (asteroeidís)
• Irish: réaltach, réaltógach

• Lithuanian: žvaigždiškas
• Macedonian: ѕвездест (dzvezdest), ѕвездолик (dzvezdolik)
• Polish: gwieździsty (pl), gwiaździsty (pl)
• Russian: звёздчатый (ru) (zvjózdčatyj)
• Spanish: estrellado (es)
• Welsh: serenffurf

Anagrams

• Tarrys