Phrase guide

shooting star

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: falling star, meteor, faxed star

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shootingstar

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.

The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shootingstar, eastern shooting star, American cowslip, prairie pointers, roosterhead

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meteor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: light, visible light, visible radiation

Narrower terms: bolide, fireball

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: sonʼ tsaaneʼ — meteor
  • Arabic: شِهَاب (šihāb) — meteor
  • Armenian: ասուպ (asup) — meteor
  • Belarusian: па́даючая зо́рка (pádajučaja zórka) — meteor
  • Belarusian: зні́чка (zníčka) — meteor
  • Breton: steredenn-lostek — meteor
  • Bulgarian: падаща звезда (padašta zvezda) — meteor
  • Bulgarian: метеор (meteor) — meteor
  • Catalan: estel fugaç — meteor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流星 (liúxīng) — meteor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隕星 /陨星 (yǔnxīng) — meteor
  • Cornish: steren-leski — meteor
  • Cornish: steren-wibya — meteor
  • Czech: padající hvězda — meteor
  • Danish: stjerneskud — meteor
  • Dutch: vallende ster — meteor
  • Dzongkha: སྐར་མདའ (skar mda') — meteor
  • Esperanto: falstelo — meteor
  • Faroese: stjørnuskot — meteor
  • Finnish: tähdenlento — meteor
  • French: étoile filante — meteor
  • Galician: estrela fugaz — meteor
  • Georgian: მოწყვეტილი ვარსკვლავი (moc̣q̇veṭili varsḳvlavi) — meteor
  • German: Sternschnuppe — meteor
  • Greek: διάττοντας αστέρας (diáttontas astéras) — meteor
  • Hawaiian: hōkū welowelo — meteor
  • Hebrew: כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל — meteor
  • Hindi: उल्का (ulkā) — meteor
  • Hungarian: hullócsillag — meteor
  • Icelandic: stjörnuhrap — meteor
  • Indonesian: bintang jatuh — meteor
  • Irish: réalta reatha — meteor
  • Italian: stella cadente — meteor
  • Italian: stella filante — meteor
  • Italian: meteora — meteor
  • Italian: bolide — meteor
  • Japanese: 流れ星 (nagareboshi) — meteor
  • Japanese: 流星 (ryūsei) — meteor
  • Kankanaey: dusdusnug — meteor
  • Kankanaey: takkin di talaw — meteor
  • Khmer: ទេពច្យុត (teipcyot) — meteor
  • Korean: 유성 (yuseong) — meteor
  • Korean: 별똥 (byeolttong) — meteor
  • Korean: 별똥별 (byeolttongbyeol) — meteor
  • Kyrgyz: метеор (meteor) — meteor
  • Malay: bintang beralih — meteor
  • Malay: tahi bintang — meteor
  • Malay: cirit bintang — meteor
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: esqotewit — meteor
  • Mi'kmaq: pugtewit — meteor
  • Mongolian: харвасан од (xarvasan od) — meteor
  • Mongolian: харвах од (xarvax od) — meteor
  • Navajo: sǫʼ ndaajeehí — meteor
  • Navajo: sǫʼ yilwoł — meteor
  • Norman: êtaile tchiyante — meteor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stjerneskudd — meteor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stjerneskott — meteor
  • Occitan: estela casenta — meteor
  • Occitan: estela-que-tomba — meteor
  • Occitan: estela cadenta — meteor
  • Ojibwe: anang-bangishin — meteor
  • Old Tupi: îasytatabebé — meteor
  • Persian: شهاب (šahâb) — meteor
  • Persian: شخانه (šaxâne) — meteor
  • Polish: spadająca gwiazda — meteor
  • Portuguese: estrela cadente — meteor
  • Romanian: stea căzătoare — meteor
  • Russian: па́дающая звезда́ (pádajuščaja zvezdá) — meteor
  • Rwanda-Rundi: kibonumwe — meteor
  • Rwanda-Rundi: kibona umwe — meteor
  • Slovak: padajúca hviezda — meteor
  • Slovene: utrinek — meteor
  • Spanish: estrella fugaz — meteor
  • Swahili: kimondo — meteor
  • Swedish: stjärnfall — meteor
  • Swedish: fallande stjärna — meteor
  • Tagalog: bulalakaw — meteor
  • Lower Tanana: sen' trona' — meteor
  • Thai: ผีพุ่งไต้ (pǐi-pûng-dtâai) — meteor
  • Thai: ดาวตก (daao-dtòk) — meteor
  • Tibetan: སྐར་མདའ (skar mda') — meteor
  • Turkish: kayan yıldız — meteor
  • Ukrainian: па́даюча зі́рка (pádajuča zírka) — meteor
  • Urdu: ٹُوٹا تارَہ (ṭūṭā tāra) — meteor
  • Urdu: شَہابِ ثاقِب (śahāb-e s̱āqib) — meteor
  • Welsh: seren wib — meteor
  • Welsh: seren llosgi — meteor
  • Bulgarian: вирджински жиросел (virdžinski žirosel) — flowering plant
  • Dutch: twaalfgodenkruid — flowering plant
  • Finnish: jumaltenkukka — flowering plant
  • Polish: bożykwiat — flowering plant