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nounA leading actor in a movie, especially one perceived as a celebrity.
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nouna star who plays leading roles in the cinema
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Arabic نَجْمَة سِينِمَائِيَّة, نجم أفلام
- نَجْمَة سِينِمَائِيَّة (najma sīnimāʔiyya)star of the cinema
- نجم أفلامstar of the cinema
Chinese Mandarin 電影明星 /电影明星
- 電影明星 /电影明星 (diànyǐng míngxīng)star of the cinema
Dutch filmster
- filmsterstar of the cinema
Estonian filmitäht
- filmitähtstar of the cinema
Finnish filmitähti
- filmitähtistar of the cinema
French star de cinéma
- star de cinémastar of the cinema
German Filmstar, Filmgröße
- Filmstarstar of the cinema
- Filmgrößestar of the cinema
- Leinwandgrößestar of the cinema
Greek αστέρι της ταινίας, πρωταγωνιστής της ταινίας
- αστέρι της ταινίας (astéri tis tainías)star of the cinema
- πρωταγωνιστής της ταινίας (protagonistís tis tainías)star of the cinema
Hindi फ़िल्म स्टार, फिल्म स्टार
- फ़िल्म स्टार (film sṭār)star of the cinema
- फिल्म स्टार (philm sṭār)star of the cinema
Hungarian filmsztár
- filmsztárstar of the cinema
Indonesian bintang film
- bintang filmstar of the cinema
Irish réalta scannán, scoth-aisteoir
- réalta scannánstar of the cinema
- scoth-aisteoirstar of the cinema
Italian star del cinema
- star del cinemastar of the cinema
Japanese 映画スター
- 映画スター (eiga sutā)star of the cinema
Korean 무비 스타, 영화 스타
- 무비 스타 (mubi seuta)star of the cinema
- 영화 스타 (yeonghwa seuta)star of the cinema
Latvian kinozvaigzne
- kinozvaigznestar of the cinema
Norwegian Bokmål filmstjerne
- filmstjernestar of the cinema
Persian ستاره سینما
- ستاره سینما (setâre-ye sinamâ)star of the cinema
Polish gwiazda filmowa, gwiazda ekranu
- gwiazda filmowastar of the cinema
- gwiazda ekranustar of the cinema
Portuguese estrela de/do cinema
- estrela de/do cinemastar of the cinema
Russian кинозвезда́, кинознамени́тость
- кинозвезда́ (kinozvezdá)star of the cinema
- кинознамени́тость (kinoznamenítostʹ)star of the cinema
Spanish estrella de cine
- estrella de cinestar of the cinema
Swahili nyota wa filamu
- nyota wa filamustar of the cinema
Swedish filmstjärna
- filmstjärnastar of the cinema
Ukrainian кінозі́рка
- кінозі́рка (kinozírka)star of the cinema
Vietnamese minh tinh màn bạc
- minh tinh màn bạcstar of the cinema
Cite this entry
APA
movie star. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movie%20star
MLA
“movie star.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movie%20star. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “movie star,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movie%20star.
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