Phrase guide

compact star

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Across languages

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39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kompakte ster — type of celestial body
  • Asturian: estrella compauta — type of celestial body
  • Basque: izar konpaktu — type of celestial body
  • Burmese: ကြယ်ကြွင်း (krai-krwang:) — type of celestial body
  • Catalan: estrella compacta — type of celestial body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 緻密星 /致密星 — type of celestial body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緻密星 /致密星 (zhìmìxīng) — type of celestial body
  • Czech: kompaktní hvězda — type of celestial body
  • Finnish: kompakti tähti — type of celestial body
  • French: objet compact — type of celestial body
  • Georgian: კომპაქტური ვარსკვლავი (ḳomṗakṭuri varsḳvlavi) — type of celestial body
  • German: kompaktes Objekt — type of celestial body
  • German: kompakter Stern — type of celestial body
  • Hungarian: kompakt csillag — type of celestial body
  • Indonesian: bintang padat — type of celestial body
  • Italian: stella degenere — type of celestial body
  • Japanese: コンパクト星 (konpakutosei) — type of celestial body
  • Korean: 밀집성 (miljipseong) — type of celestial body
  • Latin: stella degener — type of celestial body
  • Mingrelian: კომპაქტური მურიცხი (ḳomṗakṭuri muricxi) — type of celestial body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kompakt objekt — type of celestial body
  • Polish: gwiazda zdegenerowana — type of celestial body
  • Portuguese: estrela compacta — type of celestial body
  • Romanian: stea compactă — type of celestial body
  • Russian: компактная звезда (kompaktnaja zvezda) — type of celestial body
  • Russian: компактный объект (kompaktnyj obʺjekt) — type of celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: компактна звезда — type of celestial body
  • Serbo-Croatian: kompaktna zvezda — type of celestial body
  • Slovak: kompaktná hviezda — type of celestial body
  • Slovene: degenerirana zvezda — type of celestial body
  • Spanish: estrella compacta — type of celestial body
  • Swedish: kompakt objekt — type of celestial body
  • Swedish: kompakt stjärna — type of celestial body
  • Tatar: тыгыз йолдыз (tığız yoldız) — type of celestial body
  • Tatar: компакт йолдыз (qompaqt yoldız) — type of celestial body
  • Thai: ดาวมวลอัดแน่น (daao-muuan-àt-nɛ̂n) — type of celestial body
  • Turkish: sıkışık yıldız — type of celestial body
  • Ukrainian: компактна зоря (kompaktna zorja) — type of celestial body
  • Vietnamese: sao đặc — type of celestial body