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stĕl'ər
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/ˈstɛl.ə/
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/ˈstɛl.əɹ/
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rhymes with -ɛlə(ɹ)
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homophone: steller
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homophone: Steller
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homophone: Stella
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homophone: stella (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET:
S T EH1 L ER0
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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: astral, sidereal, starry, starly
Antonyms: nonstellar
Heavenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Exceptional, exceptionally good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
The actress gave a stellar performance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wonderful, excellent, brilliant, exceptional, superb, outstanding
Antonyms: mediocre, poor, underwhelming, average
being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an astral body stellar light
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: astral
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
yjor
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Arabic :
نَجْمِيّ
(najmiyy)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Belarusian :
зо́рны
(zórny)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Bulgarian :
зве́зден
(zvézden)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Catalan :
estel·lar
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Czech :
hvězdný
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Dutch :
stellair
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Dutch :
de sterren betreffend
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Estonian :
tāhe-
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Evenki :
о̄сиктачӣ
(ōsiktaçī)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Evenki :
о̄сӣктачӣ
(ōsīktaçī)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Finnish :
tähti-
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
French :
stellaire
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
German :
stellar
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
German :
Stern-
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Greek :
αστρικός
(astrikós)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Hindi :
तारकीय
(tārkīya)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Hindi :
तारक
(tārak)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Ido :
stelala
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Irish :
réaltach
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Italian :
stellare
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Kazakh :
жұлдыздық
(jūldyzdyq)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Kazakh :
жұлдызды
(jūldyzdy)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Central Kurdish :
ئەستێرەیی
(estêreyî)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Latin :
stēllāris
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Lithuanian :
žvaigždinis
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Macedonian :
ѕвезден
(dzvezden)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Manchu :
ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠩᡤᠠ
(usihangga)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Polish :
gwiezdny
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Polish :
gwiazdowy
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Polish :
stelarny
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Portuguese :
estelar
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Romanian :
stelar
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Russian :
звёздный
(zvjózdnyj)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Russian :
звездообра́зный
(zvezdoobráznyj)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Sanskrit :
तारकीय
(tārakīya)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Sanskrit :
तारिकिणी
(tārikiṇī)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Serbo-Croatian :
звѐздан
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Serbo-Croatian :
звјѐздан
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Serbo-Croatian :
zvèzdan
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Serbo-Croatian :
zvjèzdan
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Slovak :
hviezdny
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Slovene :
zvezden
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Spanish :
estelar
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Spanish :
estrellar
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Swedish :
stjärn-
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Swedish :
stellär
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Ukrainian :
зо́ряний
(zórjanyj)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Uzbek :
yulduzli
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Yakut :
сулустаах
(sulustaaq)
— of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
Bulgarian :
небесен
(nebesen)
— heavenly
Dutch :
hemels
— heavenly
Finnish :
taivaallinen
— heavenly
Greek :
ουράνιος
(ouránios)
— heavenly
Russian :
небе́сный
(nebésnyj)
— heavenly
Chinese Mandarin :
优秀
(yōuxiù)
— exceptional; wonderful
Chinese Mandarin :
出色
(chūsè)
— exceptional; wonderful
Dutch :
briljant
— exceptional; wonderful
Dutch :
uitstekend
— exceptional; wonderful
Finnish :
loistava
— exceptional; wonderful
Finnish :
erinomainen
— exceptional; wonderful
French :
exceptionnel
— exceptional; wonderful
French :
exemplaire
— exceptional; wonderful
French :
excellent
— exceptional; wonderful
French :
brillant
— exceptional; wonderful
French :
extraordinaire
— exceptional; wonderful
German :
brillant
— exceptional; wonderful
German :
ausgezeichnet
— exceptional; wonderful
Greek :
αξιοσημείωτος
(axiosimeíotos)
— exceptional; wonderful
Greek :
διακεκριμένος
(diakekriménos)
— exceptional; wonderful
Hindi :
असाधारण
(asādhāraṇ)
— exceptional; wonderful
Romanian :
strălucitor
— exceptional; wonderful
Russian :
выдаю́щийся
(vydajúščijsja)
— exceptional; wonderful
Russian :
чуде́сный
(čudésnyj)
— exceptional; wonderful