Meanings
plural shooting stars
- A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
Synonyms: falling star, meteor, faxed star
- Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
Synonyms: shootingstar
- The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).
Synonyms: shootingstar, eastern shooting star, American cowslip, prairie pointers, roosterhead
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
nounAny of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
nounThe flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic شِهَاب
- شِهَاب (šihāb)meteor
Bulgarian падаща звезда, метеор
- падаща звезда (padašta zvezda)meteor
- метеор (meteor)meteor
- вирджински жиросел (virdžinski žirosel)flowering plant
Catalan estel fugaç
- estel fugaçmeteor
Chinese Mandarin 流星, 隕星 /陨星
- 流星 (liúxīng)meteor
- 隕星 /陨星 (yǔnxīng)meteor
Czech padající hvězda
- padající hvězdameteor
Danish stjerneskud
- stjerneskudmeteor
Dutch vallende ster, twaalfgodenkruid
- vallende stermeteor
- twaalfgodenkruidflowering plant
Esperanto falstelo
- falstelometeor
Finnish tähdenlento, jumaltenkukka
- tähdenlentometeor
- jumaltenkukkaflowering plant
French étoile filante
- étoile filantemeteor
German Sternschnuppe
- Sternschnuppemeteor
Greek διάττοντας αστέρας
- διάττοντας αστέρας (diáttontas astéras)meteor
Hawaiian hōkū welowelo
- hōkū welowelometeor
Hebrew כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל
- כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵלmeteor
Hindi उल्का
- उल्का (ulkā)meteor
Hungarian hullócsillag
- hullócsillagmeteor
Icelandic stjörnuhrap
- stjörnuhrapmeteor
Indonesian bintang jatuh
- bintang jatuhmeteor
Irish réalta reatha
- réalta reathameteor
Italian stella cadente, stella filante
- stella cadentemeteor
- stella filantemeteor
- meteorameteor
- bolidemeteor
Japanese 流れ星, 流星
- 流れ星 (nagareboshi)meteor
- 流星 (ryūsei)meteor
Korean 유성, 별똥
- 유성 (yuseong)meteor
- 별똥 (byeolttong)meteor
- 별똥별 (byeolttongbyeol)meteor
Malay bintang beralih, tahi bintang
- bintang beralihmeteor
- tahi bintangmeteor
- cirit bintangmeteor
Māori unahi-o-Takero, kōkiri
- unahi-o-Takerometeor
- kōkirimeteor
- tūmatakōkirimeteor
- kōtiritirimeteor
- matakōkirimeteor
- kōtirimeteor
Norwegian Bokmål stjerneskudd, stjerneskott
- stjerneskuddmeteor
- stjerneskottmeteor
Persian شهاب, شخانه
- شهاب (šahâb)meteor
- شخانه (šaxâne)meteor
Polish spadająca gwiazda, bożykwiat
- spadająca gwiazdameteor
- bożykwiatflowering plant
Portuguese estrela cadente
- estrela cadentemeteor
Romanian stea căzătoare
- stea căzătoaremeteor
Russian па́дающая звезда́
- па́дающая звезда́ (pádajuščaja zvezdá)meteor
Slovak padajúca hviezda
- padajúca hviezdameteor
Spanish estrella fugaz
- estrella fugazmeteor
Swahili kimondo
- kimondometeor
Swedish stjärnfall, fallande stjärna
- stjärnfallmeteor
- fallande stjärnameteor
Tagalog bulalakaw
- bulalakawmeteor
Thai ผีพุ่งไต้, ดาวตก
- ผีพุ่งไต้ (pǐi-pûng-dtâai)meteor
- ดาวตก (daao-dtòk)meteor
Turkish kayan yıldız
- kayan yıldızmeteor
Ukrainian па́даюча зі́рка
- па́даюча зі́рка (pádajuča zírka)meteor
Urdu ٹُوٹا تارَہ, شَہابِ ثاقِب
- ٹُوٹا تارَہ (ṭūṭā tāra)meteor
- شَہابِ ثاقِب (śahāb-e s̱āqib)meteor
Welsh seren wib, seren llosgi
- seren wibmeteor
- seren llosgimeteor
Cite this entry
shooting star. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooting%20star
“shooting star.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooting%20star. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shooting star,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooting%20star.
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