"superstar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/ [UK], /ˈsu.pɚˌstɑɹ/ [Canada, US], /ˈsʉː.pəˌstaː/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-superstar.wav Forms: superstars [plural]
Etymology: From super- + star. Etymology templates: {{af|en|super-|star}} super- + star Head templates: {{en-noun}} superstar (plural superstars)
  1. Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity. Categories (topical): People Translations (very famous person): суперзо́рка (supjerzórka) [feminine] (Belarusian), суперзвезда́ (superzvezdá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 巨星 (jùxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 超級明星 (Chinese Mandarin), 超级明星 (chāojí míngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), superhvězda [feminine] (Czech), superstar [masculine] (Czech), superstjerne [common-gender] (Danish), superster [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), superstar [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), superstaar (Estonian), supertähti (Finnish), superstar [feminine] (French), Superstar [masculine] (German), סוּפֶּרְסְטָאר (súperstar) [masculine] (Hebrew), सुपरस्टार (suparsṭār) [masculine] (Hindi), सुपरसितारा (suparsitārā) [masculine] (Hindi), szupersztár (Hungarian), superstar [feminine] (Italian), スーパースター (sūpāsutā) (Japanese), 슈퍼스타 (syupeoseuta) (Korean), суперѕвезда (superdzvezda) [feminine] (Macedonian), superstjerne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), سوپراستار (superestâr) (Persian), wielka gwiazda [feminine] (Polish), supergwiazda [feminine] (Polish), superestrela [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), superstar [masculine] (Portuguese), superstar [neuter] (Romanian), суперзвезда́ (superzvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), суперзвезда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), суперзвијезда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), су̏перста̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), superzvezda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), superzvijezda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȕperstār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), superhviezda [feminine] (Slovak), superstar [masculine] (Slovak), superzvezda [feminine] (Slovene), superstar [masculine] (Slovene), superestrella [feminine] (Spanish), superstar [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), superstjärna [common-gender] (Swedish), ซูเปอร์สตาร์ (suu-bpə̂ə-sà-dtaa) (Thai), süperstar (Turkish), суперзі́рка (superzírka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), siêu sao (Vietnamese), archseren [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-superstar-en-noun-crstOpep Disambiguation of People: 86 10 3 Disambiguation of 'very famous person': 87 2 11
  2. (corporate jargon) An exceptionally productive employee.
    Sense id: en-superstar-en-noun-w0sOqnyT Categories (other): English corporate jargon
  3. (rare, astronomy) A giant star. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Astronomy
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: megastar, superstardom

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суперзі́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "very famous person",
      "word": "siêu sao"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "very famous person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "archseren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superstar"
}

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