Phrase guide

star cluster

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աստղակույտեր (astġakuyter) — group of stars
  • Belarusian: зорнае скопішча (zórnaje skópišča) — group of stars
  • Bengali: তারা গুচ্ছ (tara guccho) — group of stars
  • Bulgarian: звезден куп (zvezden kup) — group of stars
  • Catalan: cúmul estel·lar — group of stars
  • Czech: hvězdokupa — group of stars
  • Danish: stjernehob — group of stars
  • Dutch: sterrenhoop — group of stars
  • Esperanto: stelamaso — group of stars
  • Estonian: täheparv — group of stars
  • Finnish: tähtijoukko — group of stars
  • French: amas stellaire — group of stars
  • Galician: cúmulo estelar — group of stars
  • Georgian: ვარსკვლავთგროვა (varsḳvlavtgrova) — group of stars
  • German: Sternhaufen — group of stars
  • Hebrew: צביר כוכבים — group of stars
  • Hindi: तारागुच्छ (tārāgucch) — group of stars
  • Hungarian: halmaz — group of stars
  • Irish: réaltbhraisle — group of stars
  • Italian: ammasso stellare — group of stars
  • Japanese: 星団 (seidan) — group of stars
  • Kazakh: үйіржұлдыз (üiırjūldyz) — group of stars
  • Korean: 성단 (seongdan) — group of stars
  • Low German: Steernhopen — group of stars
  • Macedonian: ѕвездено јато (dzvezdeno jato) — group of stars
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stjernehop — group of stars
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stjernehop — group of stars
  • Persian: خوشه ستارهای — group of stars
  • Polish: gromada gwiazd — group of stars
  • Portuguese: aglomerado estelar — group of stars
  • Portuguese: aglomerado — group of stars
  • Punjabi: ਤਾਰਾ ਗੁੱਛਾ (tārā gucchā) — group of stars
  • Romanian: roi de stele — group of stars
  • Romanian: roi stelar — group of stars
  • Russian: звёздное скопле́ние (zvjózdnoje skoplénije) — group of stars
  • Slovak: hviezdokopa — group of stars
  • Slovene: zvezdna kopica — group of stars
  • Spanish: cúmulo estelar — group of stars
  • Swedish: stjärnhop — group of stars
  • Tagalog: talumpon — group of stars
  • Thai: กระจุกดาว — group of stars
  • Turkish: yıldız kümesi — group of stars
  • Ukrainian: зоряне скупчення (zorjane skupčennja) — group of stars
  • Vietnamese: quần tinh — group of stars
  • Vietnamese: cụm sao — group of stars
  • Vietnamese: đám sao — group of stars
  • Welsh: clwstwr sêr — group of stars