"red giant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red giants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red giant (plural red giants)
  1. (astronomy) A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars. Wikipedia link: red giant Categories (topical): Stars Related terms: red supergiant, blue giant, red dwarf, white dwarf, brown dwarf Translations (large red star): чырвоны гігант (čyrvóny hihant) (Belarusian), 紅巨星 (Chinese Mandarin), 红巨星 (hóngjùxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), rode reus [masculine] (Dutch), punainen jättiläinen (Finnish), géante rouge [feminine] (French), წითელი გიგანტი (c̣iteli giganṭi) (Georgian), Roter Riese [masculine] (German), ερυθρός γίγαντας (erythrós gígantas) (Greek), लाल दानव तारा (lāl dānav tārā) (Hindi), vörös óriás (Hungarian), rauður risi [masculine] (Icelandic), fathach dearg [masculine] (Irish), gigante rossa (Italian), 赤色巨星 (sekishokukyosei) (alt: せきしょくきょせい) (Japanese), цр́вен џин (cŕven džin) [masculine] (Macedonian), czerwony olbrzym [masculine] (Polish), gigante vermelha [feminine] (Portuguese), кра́сный гига́нт (krásnyj gigánt) [masculine] (Russian), црвени џин (crveni džin) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rdeča velikanka [feminine] (Slovene), gigante roja [feminine] (Spanish), röd jätte [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "large red star",
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      "roman": "krásnyj gigánt",
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      "sense": "large red star",
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