Meanings
Origin
Originally so named as to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars”, i.e., the planets.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής
- ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής (astḕr aplanḗs)distant star
Chinese Mandarin 恆星 /恒星
- 恆星 /恒星 (héngxīng)distant star
Esperanto fiksa stelo
- fiksa stelodistant star
Finnish kiintotähti
- kiintotähtidistant star
German Fixstern, Standstern
- Fixsterndistant star
- Standsterndistant star
Greek απλανής αστέρας
- απλανής αστέρας (aplanís astéras)distant star
Hebrew כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת
- כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת (kocháv shévet)distant star
Hungarian állócsillag
- állócsillagdistant star
Icelandic fastastjarna, sólstjarna
- fastastjarnadistant star
- sólstjarnadistant star
Indonesian bintang tetap, sabitah
- bintang tetapdistant star
- sabitahdistant star
Irish réalta sheasta
- réalta sheastadistant star
Japanese 恒星
- 恒星 (kōsē)distant star
Korean 항성
- 항성 (hangseong)distant star
Latin stella fixa
- stella fixadistant star
Persian بیابانی, ایستاده
- بیابانی (bîyâbânî)distant star
- ایستاده (istâde)distant star
Polish gwiazda stała
- gwiazda staładistant star
Russian неподви́жная звезда́
- неподви́жная звезда́ (nepodvížnaja zvezdá)distant star
Spanish estrella fija
- estrella fijadistant star
Swedish fixstjärna
- fixstjärnadistant star
Vietnamese hằng tinh
- hằng tinhdistant star
Cite this entry
APA
fixed star. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed%20star
MLA
“fixed star.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed%20star. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fixed star,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed%20star.
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