pole star

See also: polestar and Pole Star

English

Alternative forms

polar star, polestar

Noun

pole star (plural pole stars)

(astronomy) The star nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
Polaris is currently the pole star of our blue planet Earth.
(figuratively) A guide or guiding principle.

Translations

the star

Czech: polární hvězda f, polárka (cs) f
Dutch: poolster (nl), leidster (nl), leidstar
Finnish: napatähti
French: étoile polaire (fr) f
German: Polarstern (de) m
Hungarian: sarkcsillag (hu)

Italian: stella polare f
Polish: Gwiazda Polarna f
Russian: Поля́рная Звезда́ f (Poljárnaja Zvezdá)
Spanish: estrella polar f
Swedish: polstjärna (sv) n

a guiding principle

Dutch: leidster (nl), leidstar, ^{(please verify)} richtinggevend beginsel , ^{(please verify)} richtinggevend principe n
Finnish: johtotähti

Hungarian: vezércsillag (hu), vezérelv (hu)

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} Polarstern (de) m
Ido: ^{(please verify)} polo-stelo

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ధృవ నక్షత్రం (dhr̥va nakṣatraṃ)

Anagrams

Plateros, Portales, Portelas, patroles, petrosal, portsale, prolates

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