"giant star" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: giant stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: giant star Synonyms: giant Related terms: bright giant, hypergiant, subgiant, supergiant Translations (star that has stopped fusing hydrogen): 巨星 (jùxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), jättiläistähti (Finnish), étoile géante (French), estrela xigante [feminine] (Galician), Riesenstern [masculine] (German), दानव तारा (dānav tārā) [masculine] (Hindi), óriáscsillag (Hungarian), estrella gigante [feminine] (Spanish), seren gawr [feminine] (Welsh)

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