Meanings
star1
nounstar (plural stars)
plural stars
- Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
He loved watching the stars in the sky with her.
- typically in the pluralastrologyA planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.
star-crossed (meaning 'ill-fated')
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But O malignant and ill-boading Starres,[…]
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 112, column 2Men bless their stars and call it luxury.
1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLCBut Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 69–70
- senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks
- mediaAn asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.
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Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714 - figurativelycomputingA network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
- A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
- shapesgeometryA star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour in a military. Now often used metonymically for military rankings.
three-star general
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[…]on whom […] / Lavish Honour shower’d all her stars,[…]
1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 8, page 132 - shapesgeometryA symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
And the first music review I remember reading was in Rolling Stone, which rated albums on a scale of one to five stars, or so I thought. In 1990, the début solo album by Andrew Ridgeley, who had sung alongside George Michael in the pop duo Wham!, was awarded only half a star.
2025 August 25, Kelefa Sanneh, “How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN
- senses relating to fame
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
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I met my favourite star at the public event.
The king who had worn her colours was dead and gone; the court of which she had been a star had passed away; powerful functionaries and great magistrates, who might perhaps have helped her, were mouldering in their graves; […]
1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's SecretStar reporter, leg-man, cub, veteran gray in the trade—one and all they tried to pin the Bat like a caught butterfly to the front page of their respective journals—soon or late each gave up, beaten. He was news—[…]—the brief, staccato recital of his career in the morgues of the great dailies grew longer and more incredible each day.
1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, “The Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 8Known for an unerring attention to detail, poetic use of materials, and intuitive sensitivity to scale, Thulstrup has long been a star in his native Denmark.
2026 May 28, Sam Cochran, “Feeling Zen”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 100 - figuratively(Someone's) success or fame.
someone's star is rising / has risen
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It’s only in hindsight that I’m able to appreciate just how high my star had risen. I’d gone from being the student who couldn’t speak in class to being the teacher of the language of a new age, from the child of modest, middle-class Beltway parents to the man living the island life and making so much money that it had lost its meaning.
2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN
- JamaicaMulticultural London EnglishbroadlyAfrican-American VernacularA friend, a mate, a pal.
'Dey ain't mine,' Stacey snapped, flicking her head towards the yutes in the bedroom. 'I'm juss lookin after dem fi mi fren dem. I only av six pickney by tree men enuh, star.'
2022, Moses McKenzie, An Olive Grove in Ends3 more examples
"Wha'ppen, star!" Hector said, grinning to reveal a gold-capped tooth. He told everyone it was solid twenty-four carat, but if it was, he would have wrenched it out with pliers to pawn to the highest bidder by now.
2003, Michael Maynard, Games Men Play, page 127Hello claat, what you doing spar?[…]It's got three ring tones, that's the name for the ring. There's this one, right (ring tone sounds). That's fucking safe, spar. But mostly, I bought it for this, check this one out, claat!
2003, “Soap Bar”, in The Manifesto, performed by Goldie Looking ChainSwitches character to the street-wise Ragamuffin, speaking out of the corner of his mouth in Creole: "Whappen now star! Seckle, seckle now people! Cool, cool na baass! [what is happening friends? Settle down]
2017, Les Back, New Ethnicities and Urban Culture: Racisms and Multiculture in Young Lives - A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
verbstar (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)
present singular third person stars · participle present starring · participle past starred · past starred
- intransitiveTo appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
She starred in dozens of silent movies.
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I was inundated with invitations; […] I felt, indeed, much as a great actor must when he goes 'starring' in the provinces.
1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major - transitiveTo feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.
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"What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.
2004, David W. Menefee, The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era, page 4 - transitiveTo set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
Thy gloomy Grandeurs (Nature’s moſt auguſt, / Inſpiring Aſpect!) claim a grateful Verſe; / And, like a ſable Curtain ſtarr’d with Gold, / Drawn o’er my Labours paſt, ſhall cloſe the Scene.
1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Ninth and Last. The Consolation. Containing, among Other Things, I. A Moral Survey of the Nocturnal Heavens. II. A Night-Address to the Deity. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC, page 314 - intransitiveTo shine like a star.
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proper nounStar (countable and uncountable, plural Stars)
plural Stars
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA female given name from English.
Hser Mu Lah Say, 19, of Omaha, stands accused of kidnapping Lunabella Lozano, 12, and Kaelani Star Lozano, 14, from Indiantown, Florida, on Saturday.
2026 February 3, Sonya Gugliara, “Nightmarish face of man accused of abducting two girls after meeting them on Roblox”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jul 20262 more examples
Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels: Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Read Books Ltd, →ISBNStella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
2019 February 7, Elly Griffiths, The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11, Hachette UK, →ISBN - A placename.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
- countableuncountableA work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
- countableuncountableA village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
- countableuncountableA small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
- countableuncountableA small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
- UKcountableuncountablerail transportStar class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
STAR3
proper noun
- MalaysiaabbreviationacronymgovernmentAcronym of Special Task and Rescue.
- SingaporeabbreviationacronymgovernmentAcronym of Special Tactics and Rescue.
- PhilippinesabbreviationacronymAcronym of Southern Tagalog Arterial Road.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo mark with a star or asterisk.
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nounsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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Origin
star · noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
- Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*sternō
- Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
- Old Englishsteorra
- Middle Englishsterre
- Englishstar
From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo. Cognates Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stjerne (“star”), Faroese stjørna (“star”), Gutnish stjännå (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjødna, stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Crimean Gothic stein (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”), French étoile (“star”), Istriot stila (“star”), Istro-Romanian ste (“star”), Italian stella (“star”), Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă (“star”), Mirandese streilha (“star”), Occitan estela (“star”), Portuguese estrela (“star”), Romansh staila (“star”), Romanian stea (“star”), Sardinian isteddu (“star”), Sicilian stidda (“star”), Spanish estrella (“star”), Venetan stéła (“star”), Walloon sitoele (“star”), Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), Greek αστέρι (astéri, “star”), Old Armenian աստղ (astł, “star”), Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”), Tajik ситора (sitora, “star”), Pashto ستوری (storay, “star”), Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Zazaki astare (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Hindi तारा (tārā, “star”), Urdu تارا (tārā, “star”), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā, “star”), Gujarati તારો (tāro, “star”), Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
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- GermanStern“star”
- EnglishStar
* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”). * Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”). * As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”). * As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”). * As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.
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Afrikaans ster, ster
- stercelebrity
- stera celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Ancient Greek ἀστήρ, ἄστρον
- ἀστήρ (astḗr)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- ἄστρον (ástron)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Arabic إِجَّامَة, نَجْمَة
- إِجَّامَة (ʔijjāma)asterisk
- نَجْمَة (najma)celebrity
- نَجْم (najm)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- كوكب (kawkab)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- نجمة (negma)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- نَجْمَة (najma)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- نَجْم (najm)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- نجمة (negma)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- نَجْمَة (najma)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Basque izar
- izara celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Bengali তারকা, তারা
- তারকা (tarka)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- তারা (tara)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- সিতারা (śitara)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- আখতার (akhtar)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Bulgarian звезди́чка, звезда́
- звезди́чка (zvezdíčka)asterisk
- звезда́ (zvezdá)celebrity
- звезда́ (zvezdá)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- играя главна роля (igraja glavna rolja)to appear as a featured performer or headliner
Catalan estrella, estel
- estrellacelebrity
- estelcelebrity
- estrellatalented or famous person
- estrellaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- estela celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- protagonitzarto appear as a featured performer or headliner
Chinese щинщю, 星
- щинщю (xinxiu)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 星 (chhiⁿ, chheⁿ)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Chinese Cantonese 星, 星星
- 星 (sing¹)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 星星a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 恆星 /恒星(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- 星形concave polygon
Chinese Mandarin 星號 /星号, 明星
- 星號 /星号 (xīnghào)asterisk
- 明星 (míngxīng)celebrity
- 明星 (míngxīng)talented or famous person
- 星 (xīng)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 星星 (xīngxing)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 恆星 /恒星 (héngxīng)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- 星形 (xīngxíng)concave polygon
Czech hvězdička, hvězdička
- hvězdičkaasterisk
- hvězdičkaquality rating symbol
- hvězdaactor
- hvězdacelebrity
- hvězdaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- hvězda(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- hvězdaconcave polygon
Danish stjerne, asterisk
- stjerneasterisk
- asteriskasterisk
- stjernequality rating symbol
- stjerneactor
- stjernecelebrity
- kendtcelebrity
- stjernetalented or famous person
- stjernea celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- stjerne(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- stjerneconcave polygon
Dari سِتَارَه, اَخْتَر
- سِتَارَه (sitāra)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- اَخْتَر (axtar)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Dutch sterretje, ster
- sterretjeasterisk
- stercelebrity
- vedettecelebrity
- stera celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- ster(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- sterconcave polygon
Esperanto steleto, asterisko
- steletoasterisk
- asteriskoasterisk
- stelulocelebrity
- stelulinocelebrity
- ĉefrolantocelebrity
- eminentulocelebrity
- steletocelebrity
- steloa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- ĉefrolito appear as a featured performer or headliner
Estonian tärnike, tärn
- tärnikeasterisk
- tärnasterisk
- tärnquality rating symbol
- tähtquality rating symbol
- tunnustusquality rating symbol
- filmitähtactor
- lavatähtactor
- tähtcelebrity
- kuulsuscelebrity
- staarcelebrity
- kuulsustalented or famous person
- sepptalented or famous person
- tähtto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- staarto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- peategelaneto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- peaesinejato appear as a featured performer or headliner
- tähistamato mark with a star or asterisk
- tärnimato mark with a star or asterisk
- tähtimato mark with a star or asterisk
- märkimato mark with a star or asterisk
Finnish tähti, asteriski
- tähtiasterisk
- asteriskiasterisk
- tähtiquality rating symbol
- tähtiactor
- tähticelebrity
- tähtitalented or famous person
- tähtia celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- tähti(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- tähticoncave polygon
- esittää pääosaato appear as a featured performer or headliner
- tähdittääto appear as a featured performer or headliner
French astérisque, étoile
- astérisqueasterisk
- étoilequality rating symbol
- staractor
- vedetteactor
- étoilecelebrity
- vedettecelebrity
- starcelebrity
- startalented or famous person
- sommitétalented or famous person
- vedettetalented or famous person
- étoiletalented or famous person
- étoilea celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- protagoniserto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- tenir le rôle principalto appear as a featured performer or headliner
German Sternchen, Asterisk
- Sternchenasterisk
- Asteriskasterisk
- Asteriskusasterisk
- Prominentercelebrity
- Prominentecelebrity
- Promicelebrity
- Starcelebrity
- Sterna celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- Gestirna celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- Himmelskörpera celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- Sternconcave polygon
- die Hauptrolle spielento appear as a featured performer or headliner
Greek αστερίσκος, αστέρι
- αστερίσκος (asterískos)asterisk
- αστέρι (astéri)quality rating symbol
- αστέρας (astéras)celebrity
- αστέρι (astéri)talented or famous person
- αστέρι (astéri)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- αστέρας (astéras)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Hawaiian hōkū, hōkū
- hōkūa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- hōkū(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Hebrew כּוֹכָבִית, כּוֹכַב
- כּוֹכָבִית (kokhavít)asterisk
- כּוֹכַב (kokháv)quality rating symbol
- כּוֹכַב (kokháv)celebrity
- סֶלֶב (seleb)celebrity
- ידוען (yeduan)celebrity
- כּוֹכָב (kokháv)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- כּוֹכַב (kokháv)concave polygon
Hindi सितारा, स्टार
- सितारा (sitārā)actor
- स्टार (sṭār)celebrity
- सितारा (sitārā)celebrity
- तारा (tārā)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- सितारा (sitārā)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Hungarian csillag, sztár
- csillagquality rating symbol
- sztáractor
- sztárcelebrity
- csillaga celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- főszereplőként szerepelto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- főszerepet/sztárszerepet játszikto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- főszereplőként szerepeltetto feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program
- főszereplőjeto feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program
- megcsillagozto mark with a star or asterisk
- csillaggal megjelölto mark with a star or asterisk
- csillaggal díszítto set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle
Icelandic stjarna, stjarna
- stjarnacelebrity
- stjarnaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Indonesian bintang, bintang
- bintangcelebrity
- bintanga celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- bintang(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Iranian Persian سِتارِه, سِتارِه
- سِتارِه (setâre)asterisk
- سِتارِه (setâre)actor
- سِتارِهٔ سینِما (setâre-ye sinemâ)actor
- سِتارِه (setâre)celebrity
- سِتارِه (setâre)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- اَخْتَر (axtar)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- سِتارِه (setâre)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Irish réalta, réiltín
- réaltaasterisk
- réiltínasterisk
- réaltaactor
- réaltacelebrity
- réaltaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- réalta(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Italian asterisco, stella
- asteriscoasterisk
- stellaquality rating symbol
- stellaactor
- staractor
- divoactor
- stellacelebrity
- starcelebrity
- divacelebrity
- primadonnacelebrity
- stellatalented or famous person
- astrotalented or famous person
- stellaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- avere il ruolo principaleto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- avere il ruolo da protagonistato appear as a featured performer or headliner
Japanese 星印, アスタリスク
- 星印 (hoshijirushi)asterisk
- アスタリスク (asutarisuku)asterisk
- 星 (hoshi)quality rating symbol
- 主役 (shuyaku)actor
- 主演 (shuen)actor
- 大物 (ōmono)celebrity
- 有名人 (yūmeijin)celebrity
- 著名人 (chomeijin)celebrity
- 花形 (hanagata)celebrity
- 花形 (hanagata)talented or famous person
- 星 (hoshi)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 恒星 (kōsei)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 主演する (shuen suru)to appear as a featured performer or headliner
Korean 별표, 애스터리스크
- 별표 (byeolpyo)asterisk
- 애스터리스크 (aeseuteoriseukeu)asterisk
- 스타 (seuta)celebrity
- 유명인 (yumyeong'in)celebrity
- 별 (byeol)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- 항성 (hangseong)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Latin stēlla, stēlla
- stēllacelebrity
- stēllaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- astruma celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- astera celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- sīdusa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Latvian zvaigznīte, zvaigzne
- zvaigznīteasterisk
- zvaigznecelebrity
- zvaigznea celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Lithuanian asteriskas, žvaigždutė
- asteriskasasterisk
- žvaigždutėasterisk
- žvaigždėa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Malay bintang, bintang
- bintangasterisk
- bintangquality rating symbol
- bintangactor
- bintangcelebrity
- bintangtalented or famous person
- bintanga celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- bintang(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- bintangconcave polygon
Māori whetūriki, hautipua
- whetūrikiasterisk
- hautipuaactor
- hautupuacelebrity
- kātuarehecelebrity
- hautipuatalented or famous person
- kātuarehetalented or famous person
- whetūa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Norwegian Bokmål stjerne, stjerne
- stjernequality rating symbol
- stjernecelebrity
- stjernea celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Polish gwiazdka, gwiazdka
- gwiazdkaasterisk
- gwiazdkaquality rating symbol
- gwiazdaactor
- gwiazdacelebrity
- sławacelebrity
- gwiazdaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- gwiazda(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- gwiazdaconcave polygon
Portuguese asterisco, estrela
- asteriscoasterisk
- estrelaquality rating symbol
- estrelaactor
- astroactor
- estrelacelebrity
- astrocelebrity
- estrelatalented or famous person
- astrotalented or famous person
- estrelaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- estrela(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- estrelaconcave polygon
- protagonizarto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- estrelarto appear as a featured performer or headliner
Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ, ਸਿਤਾਰਾ
- ਤਾਰਾ (tārā)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- ਸਿਤਾਰਾ (sitārā)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- تارا (tārā)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- سِتارَہ (sitāra)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Romanian asterisc, stea
- asteriscasterisk
- steaasterisk
- steluțăasterisk
- steaquality rating symbol
- steaactor
- vedetăactor
- steacelebrity
- vedetăcelebrity
- starcelebrity
- steaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- stea(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- steaconcave polygon
Russian звёздочка, астери́ск
- звёздочка (zvjózdočka)asterisk
- астери́ск (asterísk)asterisk
- звёздочка (zvjózdočka)quality rating symbol
- звезда́ (zvezdá)actor
- звезда́ (zvezdá)celebrity
- звезда́ (zvezdá)talented or famous person
- звезда́ (zvezdá)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- звезда́ (zvezdá)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- звезда́ (zvezdá)concave polygon
Scottish Gaelic reul, rionnag
- reula celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- rionnaga celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Slovak hviezdička, hviezda
- hviezdičkaasterisk
- hviezdacelebrity
- celebritacelebrity
- hviezdaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Spanish asterisco, estrella
- asteriscoasterisk
- estrellaquality rating symbol
- estrellaactor
- artistaactor
- estrellacelebrity
- estrellatalented or famous person
- estrellaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- astroa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- estrella(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- estrellaconcave polygon
- estelarizarto appear as a featured performer or headliner
- protagonizarto appear as a featured performer or headliner
Swahili nyota, staa
- nyotaquality rating symbol
- staacelebrity
- nyotacelebrity
- nyotatalented or famous person
- nyotaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Swedish stjärna, asterisk
- stjärnaasterisk
- asteriskasterisk
- stjärnaquality rating symbol
- stjärnaactor
- stjärnacelebrity
- stjärnatalented or famous person
- stjärnaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- stjärna(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- stjärnaconcave polygon
Tagalog artista, artista
- artistaactor
- artistacelebrity
- bituina celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- talaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- tala(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- bituinconcave polygon
Tamil உடுக்குறி, நடிகர்
- உடுக்குறி (uṭukkuṟi)asterisk
- நடிகர் (naṭikar)actor
- பிரபலம் (pirapalam)celebrity
- நட்சத்திரம் (naṭcattiram)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- விண்மீன் (viṇmīṉ)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- உடுக்குறி இடு (uṭukkuṟi iṭu)to mark with a star or asterisk
Thai ดารา, ดาว
- ดารา (daa-raa)celebrity
- ดาว (daao)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- ดาวฤกษ์ (daao-rə̂ək)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Turkish yıldız, yıldız
- yıldızasterisk
- yıldızcelebrity
- şöhretcelebrity
- ünlücelebrity
- yıldıza celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Ukrainian зі́рочка, зі́рка
- зі́рочка (zíročka)asterisk
- зі́рка (zírka)celebrity
- зі́рка (zírka)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- звізда́ (zvizdá)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- зірка (zirka)(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
Urdu سْٹار, اِسْٹار
- سْٹار (sṭār)celebrity
- اِسْٹار (isṭār)celebrity
- سِتارَہ (sitāra)celebrity
- سِتارَہ (sitāra)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- تارا (tārā)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- تارَہa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- اَخْتَر (axtar)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Vietnamese sao
- saoa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Welsh seren, seren
- serenactor
- serencelebrity
- serena celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- seren(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- serennuto appear as a featured performer or headliner
Yiddish שטערן
- שטערן (shtern)a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
Zulu isihlabani, imbasa
- isihlabanicelebrity
- imbasaa celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- inkanyezia celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other
- imbasa(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
- inkanyezi(astronomy) a luminous celestial body made of plasma
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APA
star. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star
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“star.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “star,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star.
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