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stardust

star·dust/ˈstɑɹˌdʌst/noun

stardust is spelled S-T-A-R-D-U-S-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables (star·dust). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stardust means “Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stardust is stardusts.

How many letters and syllables are in stardust?

Letters8: S-T-A-R-D-U-S-T
Syllables2: star·dust
In writing1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is stardust?

Stardust appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce stardust?

  • UK /ˈstɑːdʌst/
  • US /ˈstɑɹˌdʌst/

Stardust has 2 syllables, split star·dust in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stardust.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of stardust

  • stardusts plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does stardust mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.

    We are all made of stardust.

  2. 2

    datedinformalA distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.

  3. 3

    archaicSmall fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface originating from meteorites; meteor dust.

  4. 4

    Something imaginary or lacking substance.

  5. 5

    An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes, supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though this might not actually be warranted.

    My sister’s eyes were full of stardust – she’d spend hours lazily planning her future life when she would make her big break in the movies.

  6. 6

    An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour, especially that possessed by a celebrity.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Stardust in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpoussière cosmique (small fragments of dust-like material found in…), amas stellaire, poussière d'étoiles (distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of…)
Germankosmischer Staub (small fragments of dust-like material found in…), Sternenstaub (distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does stardust come from?

From star + dust.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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