Meanings
plural red giants
- astronomyA large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars.
Maji orbits the Vamshi binary giant stars. Vamshi-A is a blue star of spectral class A4III which burns at half again the temperature of Sol. Vamshi-B is an aging red giant of class M5III, over 220 times the size of Sol.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Maji planet description
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 紅巨星 /红巨星
- 紅巨星 /红巨星 (hóngjùxīng)large red star
Dutch rode reus
- rode reuslarge red star
Finnish punainen jättiläinen
- punainen jättiläinenlarge red star
French géante rouge
- géante rougelarge red star
German Roter Riese
- Roter Rieselarge red star
Greek ερυθρός γίγαντας
- ερυθρός γίγαντας (erythrós gígantas)large red star
Hindi लाल दानव तारा
- लाल दानव तारा (lāl dānav tārā)large red star
Hungarian vörös óriás
- vörös óriáslarge red star
Icelandic rauður risi
- rauður risilarge red star
Irish fathach dearg
- fathach dearglarge red star
Italian gigante rossa
- gigante rossalarge red star
Japanese 赤色巨星
- 赤色巨星 (sekishokukyosei)large red star
Korean 적색거성
- 적색거성 (jeoksaek geojeong)large red star
Polish czerwony olbrzym
- czerwony olbrzymlarge red star
Portuguese gigante vermelha
- gigante vermelhalarge red star
Russian кра́сный гига́нт
- кра́сный гига́нт (krásnyj gigánt)large red star
Spanish gigante roja
- gigante rojalarge red star
Swedish röd jätte
- röd jättelarge red star
Cite this entry
red giant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20giant
“red giant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20giant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red giant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20giant.
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