giant star

English

Noun

giant star (plural giant stars)

1. (astronomy) A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core and as a result has grown much larger and brighter.

Synonyms

• giant

Translations

star that has stopped fusing hydrogen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨星 (zh) (jùxīng)

• Finnish: jättiläistähti
• French: étoile géante
• Galician: estrela xigante (gl) f
• German: Riesenstern (de) m
• Hungarian: óriáscsillag (hu)
• Spanish: estrella gigante f
• Welsh: seren gawr f

See also

• bright giant
• hypergiant
• subgiant
• supergiant

Anagrams

• Rattigans, astarting