Phrase guide

blue supergiant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A very large, hot and luminous star; a large blue giant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supergiant, star, celestial body

History

Etymology

From blue + supergiant.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: supergegant blava — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藍超巨星 /蓝超巨星 (lánchāojùxīng) — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Finnish: sininen ylijättiläinen — very large, hot, luminous star
  • French: supergéante bleue — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Georgian: ლურჯი ზეგიგანტი (lurǯi zegiganṭi) — very large, hot, luminous star
  • German: Blauer Überriese — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Hindi: नीला महादानव तारा (nīlā mahādānav tārā) — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Hungarian: kék szuperóriás — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Irish: ollfhathach gorm — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Japanese: 青色超巨星 (aoiro-chōkyosei) — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Persian: ابرغول آبی — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Polish: błękitny nadolbrzym — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Portuguese: supergigante azul — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Russian: голубо́й сверхгига́нт (golubój sverxgigánt) — very large, hot, luminous star
  • Spanish: supergigante azul — very large, hot, luminous star