stella
See also: Stella, -stella, and -stellä
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, star, and aster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛl.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlə
Noun
stella (plural stellae)
- (botany) A star-shaped structure.
- 1939 June, Reed C. Rollins, “Studies in the Genus Lesquerella”, in American Journal of Botany, volume 26, number 6, DOI::
- Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; the pedicels are more remote in the inforescence; the stellae are larger and form a less dense cover on plant parts, and the siliques are slightly larger than in the usual form of the species.
- 1997 July, Maria de Fátima Agra; Michael Nee, “A new species of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum (Solanaceae) from northeastern Brazil”, in Brittonia, volume 49, number 3, DOI:, page 350:
- Stems and young branches terete, viscid, densely ferruginous-tomentose with sessile to short-stalked pauciradiate stellae bearing greatly prolonged 4-6-celled midpoints, these 0.1-0.2 cm long, gland-tipped, strongly armed with ferruginous laterally compressed prickles, these broad-based and sparsely glandular in the basal quarter.
- 2008 December, Fang Chen; XiPing Dong, “The internal structure of Early Cambrian fossil embryo Olivooides revealed in the light of synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy”, in Chinese Science Bulletin, volume 53, number 24, DOI:, page 3860:
- The morphological and statistic analyses are also given to the stellae structure of Olivooides and Punctatus, which indicates that this structure is a result of adaptive evolu- tion to a lifestyle of fast-attaching after hatching, probably with the function of mucilage secretion.
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- (US, numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of Stella.
Derived terms
- stellar
- stellate
- stelliform
- stellify
Related terms
- constellate
- constellation
- constellatory
- Estella
- Estelle
- Estrella
- Stella
- stellion
References
- “stella”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- all set, sallet
Corsican
Alternative forms
- stedda, stidda
Etymology
From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognates include Italian stella and Romanian stea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstelːa/
Noun
stella f (plural stelle)
- star
References
- “stella, stedda, stidda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Interlingua
Etymology
From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun
stella (plural stellas)
- star
Italian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of étoile.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈstel.la/
- Rhymes: -ella
- Hyphenation: stél‧la
- (Milan) IPA(key): /ˈstɛl.la/
Audio (Milan) (file)
Noun
stella f (plural stelle)
- star
- c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures], page 2:
- Laudato si misignore per sora luna elestelle, in celu lai formate clarite et pretiose et belle.
- Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.
- 2004, “I nomi delle stelle”, in Sputi, performed by Marco Paolini e i Mercanti di Liquore:
- I nomi delle stelle son tutti quanti belli / Sirio, Vega, Andromeda, l'Orsa e i Due Gemelli
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- (heraldry) star, mullet
Related terms
- stella alpina
- stella binaria
- stella filante
- stellante
- stellare
- stelletta
- stellina
- stelloncino
- stellone
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstel.la/
- Rhymes: -ella
- Hyphenation: stél‧la
Verb
stella
- inflection of stellare (“to adorn with stars”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: stèl‧la
Verb
stella
- inflection of stellare (“to shape (the ribs of a ship's hull)”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- stalle
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsteːl.la/, [ˈs̠t̪eːlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstel.la/, [ˈst̪ɛlːä]
Noun
stēlla f (genitive stēllae); first declension
- (literally) a star; (poetic) a constellation
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.295-296:
- Quis vetat et stēllās, ut quaeque oriturque caditque, dīcere?
- And who forbids me to speak about the stars, how each one rises and sets?
- Quis vetat et stēllās, ut quaeque oriturque caditque, dīcere?
- Synonyms: astēr, astrum, sīdus
- a wandering star, a planet
- Synonym: stēlla errāns
- a meteor, a shooting star
- (transferred sense)
- a star shape, a figure of a star
- a bright point on a precious stone
- a starfish
- a glowworm
- a pupil of an eye
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stēlla | stēllae |
| Genitive | stēllae | stēllārum |
| Dative | stēllae | stēllīs |
| Accusative | stēllam | stēllās |
| Ablative | stēllā | stēllīs |
| Vocative | stēlla | stēllae |
Derived terms
- Stēlla
- stēllāris
- stēllātus
- stēllifer
- stēlliger
- stēllimicāns
- stēlliō
- stēllō
- stēllula
Related terms
- stēllāns
- stēllāre
- stēllātūra
Descendants
Descendants of stella in other languages
- → Danish: Stella
- → Dutch: Stella
- Emilian: strèla
- → English: stella, Stella
- → Esperanto: stelo
- Ido: stelo
- → Faroese: Stella
- → German: Stella
- → Icelandic: Stella
- → Interlingua: stella
- → Interlingue: stelle
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- → Corsican: stella, stedda, stidda
- Dalmatian: stala, stalla
- Istriot: stila
- Italian: stella, Stella
- → Neapolitan: stella
- Tarantino: stella
- Sicilian: stiḍḍa, stidda; steḍḍa, stella
- Maltese: stilla
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: estrela
- → Novial: stele
- Old French: estoile, esteile, estelle
- Bourguignon: étoile
- English: estoile, Estella, Estelle
- Gallo: esteill
- Middle French: estoile
- French: étoile
- Haitian Creole: zetwal
- Mauritian Creole: zetwal
- Seychellois Creole: zetwal
- → English: étoile, etoile
- → Italian: étoile
- French: étoile
- Norman: êtaile, éteile, ételle, etel
- Picard: étole
- Walloon: stoele, sitoele
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: estrella
- Extremaduran: estrella
- Leonese: estrella
- Mirandese: streilha
- → Old Occitan: stella
- Occitan: estela, estiala
- Occitan: Estela
- → French: Estelle
- Old Portuguese: estrela, strela
- Galician: estrela
- Portuguese: estrela, estrella
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: strela
- Kabuverdianu: strela
- Kristang: strela
- Saramaccan: teréja, teéja, teéa
- Old Spanish: estrella
- Catalan: estrella
- Ladino: estreya
- Spanish: estrella
- Papiamentu: strea
- → Sardinian: streglia (Campidanese)
- Tagalog: estrelya
- Spanish: Estrella
- → Cebuano: Estrella
- → English: Estrella
- → Tagalog: Estrella
- Common Romanian:
- Aromanian: steauã, steauo, stiau
- Istro-Romanian: ste
- Megleno-Romanian: steau̯ă
- Romanian: stea
- Padanian:
- Friulian: stele
- Ladin: stëila
- Lombard: stela
- Ligurian: stela
- Piedmontese: stèila, steila
- Romansch: staila, steila, stéla
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: steddu, → stella
- Gallurese: stedda, istella, → stella
- Logudorese: isteddu
- Nuorese: isteddu, istella
- Sassarese: isthella, sthella
- → Spanish: Estela
- → Swedish: Stella
- Venetian: stéła
- → Volapük: stel
References
- “stella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
- the planets: stellae errantes, vagae
- the fixed stars: stellae inerrantes (N. D. 2. 21. 54)
- the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
Lombard
Alternative forms
- stèlla (Classical Milanese Orthography)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛla/
Noun
stella f
- star
Further reading
- The entry "stella" at the Lombard edition of Wiktionary
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin stēlla.
Noun
stella f (plural stelle)
- star
Descendants
- Tarantino: stella
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun
stella f (oblique plural stellas, nominative singular stella, nominative plural stellas)
- star
Descendants
- Occitan: estela, estiala
- Occitan: Estela
- → French: Estelle
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛlla/
Noun
stella f (plural stellas)
- (Campidanese) star
- Synonyms: steddu, streglia
stella f (plural stelli)
- (Gallurese) star
- Synonyms: istella, stedda
Tarantino
Etymology
From Neapolitan stella, Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun
stella
- star