Phrase guide

brown dwarf

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: nana parda — starlike object
  • Asturian: nana marrón — starlike object
  • Catalan: nana marró — starlike object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 褐矮星 (hè'ǎixīng, hé'ǎixīng) — starlike object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棕矮星 (zōng'ǎixīng) — starlike object
  • Czech: hnědý trpaslík — starlike object
  • Danish: brun dværg — starlike object
  • Dutch: bruine dwerg — starlike object
  • Esperanto: bruna nano — starlike object
  • Finnish: ruskea kääpiö — starlike object
  • French: naine brune — starlike object
  • Galician: anana marrón — starlike object
  • Georgian: ყავისფერი ჯუჯა (q̇avisperi ǯuǯa) — starlike object
  • German: Brauner Zwerg — starlike object
  • Hebrew: ננס חום — starlike object
  • Hindi: भूरा बौना तारा (bhūrā baunā tārā) — starlike object
  • Hungarian: barna törpe — starlike object
  • Icelandic: brúnn dvergur — starlike object
  • Irish: abhac donn — starlike object
  • Italian: nana bruna — starlike object
  • Japanese: 褐色矮星 (kasshoku-waisei) — starlike object
  • Macedonian: кафеаво џуџе (kafeavo džudže) — starlike object
  • Occitan: nana bruna — starlike object
  • Occitan: naneta bruna — starlike object
  • Polish: brązowy karzeł — starlike object
  • Portuguese: anã marrom — starlike object
  • Portuguese: anã castanha — starlike object
  • Russian: кори́чневый ка́рлик (koríčnevyj kárlik) — starlike object
  • Serbo-Croatian: смеђи патуљак (smeđi patuljak) — starlike object
  • Slovak: hnedý trpaslík — starlike object
  • Slovene: rjava pritlikavka — starlike object
  • Spanish: enana marrón — starlike object
  • Swedish: brun dvärg — starlike object