adj
Meaning 1
Having stars visible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- starry night
- Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stelliferous
Antonyms: starless, unstarry
Standard Lemma guide
starry
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈstɑː.ɹi/
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US: /ˈstɑɹ.i/
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rhymes with -ɑːɹi
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CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 R IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling or shaped like a star.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Full of stars or celebrities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: star-studded
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
abounding with or resembling stars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a starry night
- starry illumination
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: starless
History
Etymology
From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: зо́рны (zórny) — having stars visible
- Bulgarian: зве́зден (zvézden) — having stars visible
- Catalan: estelat — having stars visible
- Czech: hvězdný — having stars visible
- Finnish: tähtikirkas — having stars visible
- French: étoilé — having stars visible
- Galician: estrelado — having stars visible
- German: sternenklar — having stars visible
- German: gestirnt — having stars visible
- German: bestirnt — having stars visible
- Greek: έναστρος (énastros) — having stars visible
- Icelandic: stjörnubjartur — having stars visible
- Ingrian: tähekäs — having stars visible
- Irish: réaltach — having stars visible
- Irish: réaltógach — having stars visible
- Italian: stellato — having stars visible
- Latin: stellātus — having stars visible
- Latin: sīdereus — having stars visible
- Macedonian: ѕвезден (dzvezden) — having stars visible
- Old English: āstierred — having stars visible
- Polish: gwieździsty — having stars visible
- Polish: gwiaździsty — having stars visible
- Polish: gwiezdny — having stars visible
- Polish: rozgwieżdżony — having stars visible
- Portuguese: estrelado — having stars visible
- Romanian: înstelat — having stars visible
- Russian: звёздный (zvjózdnyj) — having stars visible
- Serbo-Croatian: звѐздан — having stars visible
- Serbo-Croatian: звјѐздан — having stars visible
- Serbo-Croatian: zvèzdan — having stars visible
- Serbo-Croatian: zvjèzdan — having stars visible
- Slovak: hviezdny — having stars visible
- Slovene: zvezden — having stars visible
- Spanish: estrellado — having stars visible
- Spanish: estelífero — having stars visible
- Spanish: astrífero — having stars visible
- Turkish: yıldızlı — having stars visible
- Ukrainian: зо́ряний (zórjanyj) — having stars visible
- Welsh: serennog — having stars visible
- Welsh: serog — having stars visible
- Bulgarian: звездообра́зен (zvezdoobrázen) — shaped like a star
- Catalan: estelat — shaped like a star
- Dutch: stervormig — shaped like a star
- French: étoilé — shaped like a star
- Galician: estrelado — shaped like a star
- German: sternförmig — shaped like a star
- German: sternartig — shaped like a star
- Greek: αστεροειδής (asteroeidís) — shaped like a star
- Irish: réaltach — shaped like a star
- Irish: réaltógach — shaped like a star
- Lithuanian: žvaigždiškas — shaped like a star
- Macedonian: ѕвездест (dzvezdest) — shaped like a star
- Macedonian: ѕвездолик (dzvezdolik) — shaped like a star
- Polish: gwieździsty — shaped like a star
- Polish: gwiaździsty — shaped like a star
- Russian: звёздчатый (zvjózdčatyj) — shaped like a star
- Russian: звездообра́зный (zvezdoobráznyj) — shaped like a star
- Spanish: estrellado — shaped like a star
- Turkish: yıldızımsı — shaped like a star
- Welsh: serenffurf — shaped like a star
Real reading context