Meanings
nounsubgiant (plural subgiants)
plural subgiants
- astronomyA star that has left the main sequence but has not yet become a true giant star.
Synonyms: subgiant star
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA star that has left the main sequence but has not yet become a true giant star.
Similar
subgiant star
Origin
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Englishgiant
- Englishsubgiant
Translations
Afrikaans subreusester
- subreusestertype of star
Arabic شبه عملاق
- شبه عملاقtype of star
Catalan subgegant
- subgeganttype of star
Chinese Mandarin 次巨星
- 次巨星 (cìjùxīng)type of star
Finnish alijättiläinen
- alijättiläinentype of star
French étoile sous-géante
- étoile sous-géantetype of star
German Unterriese
- Unterriesetype of star
Hindi उपदानव तारा
- उपदानव तारा (updānav tārā)type of star
Hungarian szubóriás
- szubóriástype of star
Indonesian subraksasa
- subraksasatype of star
Irish fo-fhathach
- fo-fhathachtype of star
Italian subgigante
- subgigantetype of star
Japanese 準巨星
- 準巨星 (junjyosei)type of star
Korean 준거성
- 준거성 (jun'geoseong)type of star
Persian زیرغول
- زیرغولtype of star
Polish podolbrzym
- podolbrzymtype of star
Thai ดาวยักษ์เล็ก
- ดาวยักษ์เล็กtype of star
Turkish altdev
- altdevtype of star
Vietnamese sao gần mức khổng lồ
- sao gần mức khổng lồtype of star
Cite this entry
APA
subgiant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgiant
MLA
“subgiant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgiant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subgiant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgiant.
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