Phrase guide

red giant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: giant, giant star, star, celestial body

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noun

Meaning 2

a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red giant star

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: star

History

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: чырвоны гігант (čyrvóny hihant) — large red star
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅巨星 /红巨星 (hóngjùxīng) — large red star
  • Dutch: rode reus — large red star
  • Finnish: punainen jättiläinen — large red star
  • French: géante rouge — large red star
  • Georgian: წითელი გიგანტი (c̣iteli giganṭi) — large red star
  • German: Roter Riese — large red star
  • Greek: ερυθρός γίγαντας (erythrós gígantas) — large red star
  • Hindi: लाल दानव तारा (lāl dānav tārā) — large red star
  • Hungarian: vörös óriás — large red star
  • Icelandic: rauður risi — large red star
  • Irish: fathach dearg — large red star
  • Italian: gigante rossa — large red star
  • Japanese: 赤色巨星 (sekishokukyosei) — large red star
  • Macedonian: цр́вен џин (cŕven džin) — large red star
  • Polish: czerwony olbrzym — large red star
  • Portuguese: gigante vermelha — large red star
  • Russian: кра́сный гига́нт (krásnyj gigánt) — large red star
  • Serbo-Croatian: црвени џин (crveni džin) — large red star
  • Slovene: rdeča velikanka — large red star
  • Spanish: gigante roja — large red star
  • Swedish: röd jätte — large red star