star

1. noun

1) (the fixed bodies in the sky, which are really distant suns: The Sun is a star, and the Earth is one of its planets.) zvezda

2) (any of the bodies in the sky appearing as points of light: The sky was full of stars.) zvezda

3) (an object, shape or figure with a number of pointed rays, usually five or six, often used as a means of marking quality etc: The teacher stuck a gold star on the child's neat exercise book; a four-star hotel.) zvezda

4) (a leading actor or actress or other well-known performer eg in sport etc: a film/television star; a football star; (also adjective) She has had many star rôles in films.) zvezda

2. verb

1) (to play a leading role in a play, film etc: She has starred in two recent films.) igrati glavno vlogo

2) ((of a film etc) to have (a certain actor etc) as its leading performer: The film starred Elvis Presley.) (v filmu) igrati glavno vlogo

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- stardom

- starry
- starfish
- starlight
- starlit
- star turn
- see stars
- thank one's lucky stars

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I [sta:]

1.

noun

astronomy

zvezda, ozvezdje; printing zvezdica; bela lisa na konjskem čelu ipd.; zvezda (odlikovanje); figuratively vidna osebnost; zvezdnik, -ica, slaven ali glaven filmski igralec (igralka); slovit pevec

star turn figuratively glavna točka, glavna atrakcija

an all-star cast — zasedba vseh vlog z zvezdniki

day star poetically , morning star — zvezda danica

evening star — zvezda večernica

fixed star — zvezda stalnica

lode star — zvezda, po kateri se ravna smer (kurz), zlasti severnica; figuratively zvezda vodnica

north star, pole star — (zvezda) severnica

the red star — mednarodno društvo za zaščito živali

shooting star, falling star — zvezdni utrinek

Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner — zastava ZDA

to be born under a lucky (an unlucky) star — biti rojen pod (ne)srečno zvezdo

his star has set — njegova zvezda je zašla, njegova slava je minila

the stars were against it figuratively usoda ni tako hotela, usoda je bila proti

to follow one's star figuratively zaupati svoji zvezdi

to see stars figuratively vse zvezde videti (od udarca itd.)

I may thank my stars I was not there — lahko govorim o sreči, da nisem bil tam;

2.

adjective

zvezden; glaven; vodilen, odlikujoč se

star chart (map) — karta zvezd

star prosecution witness juridically glavna obremenilna priča

II [sta:]

transitive verb

okrasiti, posuti (kaj) z zvezdami; printing staviti (označiti z) zvezdico; theatre dati (komu) glavno vlogo

starred with gold — okrašen z zlatimi zvezdami; intransitive verb blesteti, bleščati se; theatre igrati glavno vlogo

starred by X.Y. — v glavni vlogi (igra) ɔ. Y.

to star it — igrati glavno vlogo