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English
Etymology
From Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
astral (comparative more astral, superlative most astral)
- Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
1669 June (first performance), John Dryden, Tyrannick Love, or, The Royal Martyr. […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1670, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 29:Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...]
2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 27:The first thing a visitor arriving by carriage from London would have noticed was that eighty-foot pole aimed at the sky, supported by huge struts near the base. Contrary to local rumors, it was not an instrument of divination but a towering mount for one of Cavendish’s telescopes. Upon renting the estate in 1785, he immediately sketched out a design for this impressive piece of equipment, a crucial adjunct to his plan to convert the upper floor of the house into an astral observatory, complete with a transit room for recording the positions of stars as they traversed the meridian.
- (biology) Relating to an aster.
astral rays astral sphere
- (parapsychology, theosophy, fantasy) Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane).
- Coordinate term: spectral
1911, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Theosophical Talks at Adyar, page 194:In the case of an inanimate body, […] when the physical object was broken the astral counterpart would also be divided; but it would not be possible to break an astral counterpart, and in that way to affect the physical object. In other words the act of fraction must begin on the physical plane. One could of course move a purely astral object by means of an astral hand if one wished, but not the astral counterpart of a physical object. In order to perform this latter feat it would be necessary to materialize a hand and move the physical object, when the astral counterpart would of course accompany it.
2005 03, Harry Highstreet, The OOBE File, Harry, →ISBN, page 123:"[I could] see her astral form sitting on the edge of her bed. She was waiting for me."
2011 October 11, Kristi O'Toole, Under the Moon, PublishAmerica, →ISBN:[He could] see her astral projection; she looked like a celestial being, holding her hand out to him. With relief rushing through his body, he called out to her, "I've got you angel, and I'm coming!" Hammering the gas the car took off […]
2021 January 1, Annie Besant, Annie Besant, An Autobiography: Annie Besant, An Autobiography by Annie Besant: The Autobiography of Annie Besant, Prabhat Prakashan:[Other actions], such as the moving of solid articles, either by an astral hand projected to draw them towards her, or by using an Elemental; others by reading in the Astral Light, and so on. But the proof of the reality of her mission from those whom she spoke of as Masters lay not in these […]
Synonyms
- (relating to stars): starly (nonstandard)
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Translations
relating to or resembling the stars relating to a supposed supersensible substance Further reading
- “astral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “astral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Noun
astral (plural astrals)
- (parapsychology) A supernatural being from the astral plane.
2009, David Wells, David Wells's Psychic Secrets, page 112:Now both of you sit there and wait for any guides to come to you, any astrals or people from that life to make themselves known to you.
Anagrams
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asˈtɾal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: as‧tral
Noun
astral f (plural astrals, diminutive astraleta)
- alternative form of estral
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”).
Adjective
astral m or f (masculine and feminine plural astrals)
- astral
Etymology 2
Noun
astral f (plural astrals)
- (dialectal) alternative form of destral
Further reading
- “astral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “astral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “astral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “astral”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
French
Etymology
From Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
astral (feminine astrale, masculine plural astraux, feminine plural astrales)
- (relational) astral
- Synonyms: astrologique, céleste, cosmique, sidéral, zodiacal
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Galician
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Galician astral Learned borrowing from Late Latin astrālis. By surface analysis, astro + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asˈtɾal/ [as̺ˈt̪ɾɑɫ]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: as‧tral
Adjective
astral m or f (plural astrais)
- astral
Further reading
- “astral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “astral”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
- Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “astral”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “astral”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
German
Etymology
From Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum (“star”) + -ālis, the first element from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
astral (strong nominative masculine singular astraler, not comparable)
- astral
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch astraal, from Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈastral]
- Hyphenation: as‧tral
Adjective
astral (comparative lebih astral, superlative paling astral)
- astral:
- starry: relating to or resembling the stars
- relating to a supposed supersensible substance taking the form of an aura discernible by certain gifted individuals
- Synonym: gaib
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Portuguese astral Learned borrowing from Late Latin astrālis.[1][2] By surface analysis, astro + -al.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: as‧tral
Adjective
astral m or f (plural astrais, not comparable)
- astral (relating to or resembling the stars)
- Synonym: estelar
- (parapsychology, theosophy) astral (relating to a supposed supersensible substance)
Derived terms
Noun
astral m (plural astrais)
- (informal, usually with alto or baixo) vibe (the atmosphere of a person or situation)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French astral, from Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”). By surface analysis, astru + -al.
Adjective
astral m or n (feminine singular astrală, masculine plural astrali, feminine/neuter plural astrale)
- astral
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asˈtɾal/ [asˈt̪ɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: as‧tral
Etymology 1
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Spanish astral Learned borrowing from Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum + -ālis.
Adjective
astral m or f (masculine and feminine plural astrales)
- astral
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
astral m (plural astrales)
- (Aragon) alternative form of destral
Further reading
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