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Synonyms for stars

Grammar : Noun
Spell : stahr
Phonetic Transcription : stɑr

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Définition of stars

Origin :
  • Old English steorra, from Proto-Germanic *sterron, *sternon (cf. Old Saxon sterro, Old Norse stjarna, Old Frisian stera, Dutch ster, Old High German sterro, German Stern, Gothic stairno), from PIE *ster- (cf. Sanskrit star-, Hittite shittar, Greek aster, astron, Latin stella, Breton sterenn, Welsh seren "star").
  • Astrological sense of "influence of planets and zodiac on human affairs" is recorded from mid-13c.; star-crossed is from "Romeo and Juliet" (1592). Stars as a ranking of quality for hotels, restaurants, etc. are attested from 1886, originally in Baedecker guides. Brass star as a police badge is recorded from 1859 (New York City).
  • noun person who is famous
Example sentences :
  • One of the stars in the constellation of the Pleiades is said to have disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The novelty of the experience had made her eyes shine like stars.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Belus formed also the stars, and the sun, and the moon, and the five planets.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • He set in heaven the Stars of the Zodiac which are their likenesses.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • Let him thank his stars that we have not flung him into the same fire!
  • Extract from : « Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • My stars alive, I do b'lieve my bread's beginnin' t' scorch!
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The rising of the stars, or the opening of a violet; each fact was a surprise to her.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • They are to us like the sun and moon and stars, to which we cannot fly.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • The stars were glad that she came, for she was indeed a merry old moon.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • The storm had rolled away now, and he could see the stars; also with it went the wind.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

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