blue supergiant

noun

A very large, hot and luminous star; a large blue giant.

Meanings

nounblue supergiant (plural blue supergiants)

plural blue supergiants

  1. astronomyA very large, hot and luminous star; a large blue giant.

Origin

Translations

Catalan supergegant blava
  • supergegant blavavery large, hot, luminous star
Chinese Mandarin 藍超巨星 /蓝超巨星
  • 藍超巨星 /蓝超巨星 (lánchāojùxīng)very large, hot, luminous star
Finnish sininen ylijättiläinen
  • sininen ylijättiläinenvery large, hot, luminous star
French supergéante bleue
  • supergéante bleuevery large, hot, luminous star
German Blauer Überriese
  • Blauer Überriesevery large, hot, luminous star
Hindi नीला महादानव तारा
  • नीला महादानव तारा (nīlā mahādānav tārā)very large, hot, luminous star
Hungarian kék szuperóriás
  • kék szuperóriásvery large, hot, luminous star
Irish ollfhathach gorm
  • ollfhathach gormvery large, hot, luminous star
Japanese 青色超巨星
  • 青色超巨星 (aoiro-chōkyosei)very large, hot, luminous star
Persian ابرغول آبی
  • ابرغول آبیvery large, hot, luminous star
Polish błękitny nadolbrzym
  • błękitny nadolbrzymvery large, hot, luminous star
Portuguese supergigante azul
  • supergigante azulvery large, hot, luminous star
Russian голубо́й сверхгига́нт
  • голубо́й сверхгига́нт (golubój sverxgigánt)very large, hot, luminous star
Spanish supergigante azul
  • supergigante azulvery large, hot, luminous star
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Chicago

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