Phrase guide

white dwarf

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The dim, highly dense core remnant that is the final stage in the evolution of a star of low or medium mass, after nuclear reactions have ceased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a faint star of enormous density

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: white dwarf star

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: star

History

Etymology

Coined by Dutch astronomer Willem Luyten in 1922.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَزْم أَبْيَض (qazm ʔabyaḍ) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Aragonese: nana blanca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Asturian: nana blanca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Catalan: nana blanca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白矮星 (bái'ǎixīng) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Czech: bílý trpaslík — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Danish: hvid dværg — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Dutch: witte dwerg — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Esperanto: blanka nano — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Estonian: valge kääbus — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Finnish: valkoinen kääpiö — dead star of low or medium mass
  • French: naine blanche — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Galician: anana branca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Georgian: თეთრი ჯუჯა (tetri ǯuǯa) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Georgian: გადაგვარებული ჯუჯა (gadagvarebuli ǯuǯa) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • German: Weißer Zwerg — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Greek: λευκός νάνος (lefkós nános) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Hebrew: נַנָּס לָבָן (nanás laván) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Hindi: श्वेत बौना तारा (śvet baunā tārā) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Hungarian: fehér törpe — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Irish: abhac bán — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Italian: nana bianca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Japanese: 白色矮星 (hakushokuwaisei) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Kazakh: ақ ергежейлі (aq ergejeilı) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Korean: 백색 왜성 (baeksaek waeseong) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Latvian: baltais punduris — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Macedonian: бело џуџе (belo džudže) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Mongolian: цагаан одой (cagaan odoj) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Occitan: nana blanca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Occitan: naneta blanca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Polish: biały karzeł — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Portuguese: anã branca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Romanian: pitică albă — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Russian: бе́лый ка́рлик (bélyj kárlik) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Serbo-Croatian: бели патуљак (beli patuljak) — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Slovene: bela pritlikavka — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Spanish: enana blanca — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Swedish: vit dvärg — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Turkish: beyaz cüce — dead star of low or medium mass
  • Vietnamese: sao lùn trắng — dead star of low or medium mass