Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megastar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: megas-tar
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very famous or successful celebrity.

Example Sentences

"Instead, she has to carve new territory: a nontransgressive, rose-colored female pop megastar, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star English megastar From mega- + star.

Inflected Forms

megastars (plural)

Derived Forms

megastardom

Questions

What does megastar mean?: A very famous or successful celebrity.
Where does megastar come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star English megastar From mega- + star.

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