star
See also: Star, stár, står, Stär, śtar, and štar
English
Stars (1, 2).
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A star shape (3).
Etymology
From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster, stella, étoile, and estoile.
cognates
Cognate with Scots starn, ster, 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 (tāro), Sanskrit तारा (tārā).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /stɑː(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) enPR: stär, IPA(key): /stɑɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun
star (plural stars)
- Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
- (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, usually with four, five, or six points.
- (acting) An actor in a leading role.
- Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
- 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 Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, OCLC 20230794, page 8:
- 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.
- (printing) An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
- 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
- Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
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- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- 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.
- (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
- What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v], page 112, column 2:
- But O malignant and ill-boading Starres, […]
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662:
- Men bless their stars and call it luxury.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, pages 69–70:
- But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, […] . By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
- 1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1013215631, stanza 8, page 132:
- […] on whom […] / Lavish Honour shower’d all her stars, […]
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- A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
Synonyms
- aster (obsolete)
- (astronomy): ✶ or ＊ (abbreviation), sun
Hypernyms
- (astronomy): celestial body
Hyponyms
- Barnard's Star
- binary star
- double star
- dwarf star
- faxed star
- fixed star
- frozen star
- Garnet Star
- giant star
- Kleene star
- megastar
- neutron star
- quark star
- shooting star
- superstar
Derived terms
- all-star
- astar
- basket star
- binary star
- blazing star
- bog star
- brittle star
- Bronze Star
- Christmas Star
- co-star
- dark star
- day star
- Dog Star
- double star
- dwarf star
- earthstar
- evening star
- falling star
- feather star
- film star
- five-star
- fixed star
- flare star
- giant star
- gold star
- gold star family
- gold star father
- gold star gay
- gold star lesbian
- gold star mother
- gold star parent
- gold star wife
- hitch one's wagon to a star
- megastar
- morning star
- movie star
- multiple star
- multistarrer
- neutron star
- North Star
- one-star
- Pole Star
- prairie star
- protostar
- Red Star
- rising star
- rock star
- seastar
- see stars
- star activity
- star anise
- star apple
- star billing
- starburst
- star chamber
- star chart
- Star City
- star cloud
- star cluster
- starcraft
- star-crossed
- star cucumber
- stardom
- star drive
- stardust
- star finch
- starfish
- star fort
- star fruit
- star gauge
- star grass
- star height
- starhood
- star jasmine
- star jelly
- star jump
- starlet
- star lifting
- starlight
- star lizard
- starlore
- starly
- star macromolecule
- star magnolia
- starman
- star meat
- Star of Bethlehem
- Star of David
- Star of the Sea
- star pass
- star picket
- star pine
- star polygon
- star projector
- starquake
- star ring
- star route
- starry
- starry-eyed
- star sapphire
- stars are aligned
- starscape
- Star Scout
- star sedge
- star seed
- star shell
- star sign
- stars in one's eyes
- starstuff
- star system
- star topology
- star tracker
- star trail
- Star Trek
- star turn
- star vault
- star vehicle
- star visitor
- starward
- Star Wars
- sun star
- superstar
- thank one's lucky stars
- three-star
- under a lucky star
- variable star
- wanderstar
Related terms
- estoile
- étoile
- stella
Descendants
- → Finnish: stara
- → French: star
- → German: Star
- → Italian: star
Translations
See star/translations § Noun.
exceptionally talented or famous person
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See also
- Thesaurus:star
Verb
star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)
- (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- She starred in dozens of silent movies.
- 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major
- I was inundated with invitations; […] I felt, indeed, much as a great actor must when he goes 'starring' in the provinces.
- (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.
- 2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era, page 4:
- "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.
- (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
- (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- '1742, [Edward Young], “Night the Ninth and Last. The Consolation. Containing, among Other Things, I. A Moral Survey of the Nocturnal Heavens. II. A Night-Address to the Deity. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, OCLC 753424981, page 314:
- Thy gloomy Grandeurs (Natures moſt auguſt, / Inſpiring Aſpect!) claim a grateful Verſe; / And, like a ſable Curtain ſtarr'd with Gold, / Drawn o'er my Labours paſt, ſhall cloſe the Scene.
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- (intransitive) To shine like a star.
Synonyms
- (to mark with an asterisk): asterisk
Translations
to appear as a featured performer or headliner
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See also
- astronomy
- black hole
- galaxy
- moon
- mullet
- planet
- red giant
Anagrams
- 'rats, RAST, RATs, RTAs, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, sart, tars, tsar
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch star, from Old Dutch *star, from Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic *staraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɑr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: star
- Rhymes: -ɑr
Adjective
star (comparative starder, superlative starst)
- stiff, frozen
- rigid
Inflection
| 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 | — | |
Derived terms
- halsstarrig
- starheid
French
Etymology
From English star.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
star f (plural stars)
- star (celebrity)
- Elle est devenue star. ― she's become a star.
Derived terms
- stariser
Further reading
- “star”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- arts, rats, tsar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English star.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstar/
- Rhymes: -ar
- Hyphenation: stàr
Noun
star f (invariable)
- star (celebrity)
Anagrams
- stra-, tras-
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| s-t-r |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic سِتار (sitār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staːr/
- Rhymes: -aːr
Noun
star m (plural stari)
- veil
- Synonym: (commoner) velu
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin stāre.
Verb
star
- to be (indicates a temporary state)
See also
- ser
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- alternative form of stare
Noun
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of stær
Portuguese
Verb
star (first-person singular present stou, first-person singular preterite stive, past participle stado)
- Obsolete spelling of estar
Romanian
Etymology
From English star.
Noun
star n (plural staruri)
- star (famous person)
Declension
Declension of star
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) star | starul | (niște) staruri | starurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) star | starului | (unor) staruri | starurilor |
| vocative | starule | starurilor | ||
Sabir
Etymology
From Italian stare (“to be”).
Verb
star
- to be
References
- Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stâr/
Adjective
stȁr (definite stȃrī, comparative stàrijī, Cyrillic spelling ста̏р)
- old
Declension
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
- prastar
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stár/
Adjective
stȁr (comparative starȇjši, superlative nȁjstarȇjši)
- old, aged
- Star sem dvajset let. ― I'm twenty years old.
Inflection
| Hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nom. sing. | stàr | stára | stáro |
| singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | stàr ind stári def | stára | stáro |
| genitive | stárega | stáre | stárega |
| dative | stáremu | stári | stáremu |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | stáro | stáro |
| locative | stárem | stári | stárem |
| instrumental | stárim | stáro | stárim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | stára | stári | stári |
| genitive | stárih | stárih | stárih |
| dative | stárima | stárima | stárima |
| accusative | stára | stári | stári |
| locative | stárih | stárih | stárih |
| instrumental | stárima | stárima | stárima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | stári | stáre | stára |
| genitive | stárih | stárih | stárih |
| dative | stárim | stárim | stárim |
| accusative | stáre | stáre | stára |
| locative | stárih | stárih | stárih |
| instrumental | stárimi | stárimi | stárimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Antonyms
- mlad
Derived terms
- prestàr
Further reading
- “star”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō. Compare Italian stare.
Verb
star
- (transitive) To stay or remain
- (transitive) To live (somewhere)
Conjugation
- 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 | |