Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starry

/ˈstɑɹ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: star-ry
IPA: /ˈstɑɹ.i/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having stars visible.

adj

Resembling or shaped like a star.

adj

Full of stars or celebrities.

name

Example Sentences

"starry night"
"Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky."
"I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste."
"An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December."
"Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office."
"A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway."

Etymology

From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sterry
Suffix: star

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɑɹ.i/
British English: /ˈstɑː.ɹi/

Inflected Forms

starrier (comparative) starriest (superlative) Starrys (plural)

Derived Forms

starrily starriness

Phrases

starry bob starry campion starry-eyed starry eyes starry flounder starry ray starry sturgeon starry weever

Frequently Paired Words

stellar

Synonyms

stelliferous star-studded

Antonyms

starless unstarry

Rhymes With

mcquarrie licari mascari tassinari dimare barry ferrari safari mari qatari shari calamari

Questions

How do you pronounce starry?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɑɹ.i/.
What does starry mean?: Having stars visible.
Where does starry come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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