stellar
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: stĕl'ər
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛlə/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛlɚ/
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- Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
- Homophones: steller, Steller, Stella (in non-rhotic accents), stella (in non-rhotic accents)
- Hyphenation: stel‧lar
Adjective
stellar (comparative more stellar, superlative most stellar)
- (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
- Heavenly.
- (by extension) Exceptional, exceptionally good.
- Synonym: wonderful
- The actress gave a stellar performance.
- 1931, Music and Dance, volume 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
- Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.
- 1970, Hardware Age, volume 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., →OCLC, page 8, column 1:
- Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.
- 2012, Linda A. Jenkins, “What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker, Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN, page 1:
- Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.
Antonyms
- astellar
- nonstellar
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- interstellar
- interstellar comet
- interstellar medium
- interstellar planet
- interstellar space
- less than stellar
- quasi-stellar
- quasi-stellar object
- quasi-stellar radiosource
- quasi-stellar radio-source
- quasi-stellar radio source
- stellar day
- stellar disk
- stellar engine
- stellarite
- stellar month
- stellar nova
- stellar nursery
- stellar population
- stellar system
- Stellarton
- stellar wind
Translations
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
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heavenly
exceptional; wonderful
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtɛˈlaːɐ̯/, /stɛˈlaːɐ̯/
- Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
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Adjective
stellar (strong nominative masculine singular stellarer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of stellar (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist stellar | sie ist stellar | es ist stellar | sie sind stellar | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | stellarer | stellare | stellares | stellare |
| genitive | stellaren | stellarer | stellaren | stellarer | |
| dative | stellarem | stellarer | stellarem | stellaren | |
| accusative | stellaren | stellare | stellares | stellare | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der stellare | die stellare | das stellare | die stellaren |
| genitive | des stellaren | der stellaren | des stellaren | der stellaren | |
| dative | dem stellaren | der stellaren | dem stellaren | den stellaren | |
| accusative | den stellaren | die stellare | das stellare | die stellaren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein stellarer | eine stellare | ein stellares | (keine) stellaren |
| genitive | eines stellaren | einer stellaren | eines stellaren | (keiner) stellaren | |
| dative | einem stellaren | einer stellaren | einem stellaren | (keinen) stellaren | |
| accusative | einen stellaren | eine stellare | ein stellares | (keine) stellaren | |
Derived terms
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