star

Noun

star (plural stars)

1. Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
2. (astronomy) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
3. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.
4. (acting) An actor in a leading role.
   • Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
5. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
   • His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
6. (Jamaica, MLE, African-American Vernacular) (by extension) A friend, a mate, a pal.
7. (printing) An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
8. A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
9. 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.
10. (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
    • What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
11. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
12. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

Verb

star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)

1. (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
   • She starred in dozens of silent movies.
2. (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
   • The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.
3. (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
4. (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
5. (intransitive) To shine like a star.

Anagrams

• 'rats, RAST, RATs, RTAs, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, sart, tars, tsar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɑr/
• Hyphenation: star

Adjective

star (comparative starder, superlative starst)

1. stiff, frozen
2. rigid

Pronunciation

• IPA: /staʁ/

Noun

star f (plural stars)

1. star (celebrity)
   • Elle est devenue star. ― she's become a star.

Anagrams

• arts, rats, tsar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstar/
• Hyphenation: stàr

Noun

star f (invariable)

1. star (celebrity)

Anagrams

• stra-, tras-

Pronunciation

• IPA: /staːr/

Noun

star m (plural stari)

1. veil
   • Synonym: (commoner) velu

Verb

star

1. to be (indicates a temporary state)

Noun

star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

1. alternative form of stare

Noun

star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of stær

Verb

star (first-person singular present stou, first-person singular preterite stive, past participle stado)

1. Obsolete spelling of estar

Noun

star n (plural staruri)

1. star (famous person)

Verb

star

1. to be

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stâr/

Adjective

stȁr (definite stȃrī, comparative stàrijī, Cyrillic spelling ста̏р)

1. old
   • Antonym: mlad

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stár/

Adjective

stȁr (comparative starȇjši, superlative nȁjstarȇjši)

1. old, aged
   • Antonym: mlad
   • Star sem dvajset let. ― I'm twenty years old.

Verb

star

1. (transitive) To stay or remain
2. (transitive) To live (somewhere)