Meanings
nounstarship (plural starships)
plural starships
- space flightliteratureA type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
Synonyms: star vessel
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nounA type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
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nouna spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
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Chinese Mandarin 星際飛船 /星际飞船
- 星際飛船 /星际飞船 (xīngjìfēichuán)a spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Czech hvězdolet
- hvězdoleta spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
French vaisseau interstellaire
- vaisseau interstellairea spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
German Sternenschiff, Raumschiff
- Sternenschiffa spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
- Raumschiffa spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Hungarian csillagközi űrhajó
- csillagközi űrhajóa spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Italian nave stellare
- nave stellarea spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Polish gwiazdolot
- gwiazdolota spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Portuguese astronave
- astronavea spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Russian звездолёт
- звездолёт (zvezdoljót)a spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Spanish nave estelar
- nave estelara spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
Ukrainian зорелі́т
- зорелі́т (zorelít)a spacecraft capable of traveling to other stars
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starship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starship
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“starship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “starship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starship.
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