Translation for 'red giant' from English to French
NOUN   a red giant | red giants
SYNO red giant | red giant star
astron.
géante {f} rouge
red giant
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
zool.T
gambon {f} rouge [Aristaeomorpha foliacea]
giant red shrimp
zool.T
grande crevette {f} rouge [Aristaeomorpha foliacea]
giant red shrimp
Partial Matches
géant {m}giant
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colosse {m}giant
bot.T
berce {f} du Caucase [Heracleum mantegazzianum, syn. : Heracleum giganteum]
giant cowparsnip
bot.T
séquoia {m} sempervirent [Sequoia sempervirens]
giant redwood
bot.T
séquoia {m} toujours vert [Sequoia sempervirens]
giant redwood
bot.T
séquoia {m} à feuilles d'if [Sequoia sempervirens]
giant redwood
ichtyo.T
tambaqui {f} [Colossoma macropomum]
(giant) pacu
ichtyo.T
cachama {f} [Colossoma macropomum]
(giant) pacu
bot.T
berce {f} du Caucase [Heracleum mantegazzianum, syn. : Heracleum giganteum]
giant hogweed
orn.T
héron {m} goliath [Ardea goliath]
giant heron
orn.T
tyran {m} géant [Tyrannus cubensis]
giant kingbird
zool.T
tamanoir {m} [Myrmecophaga tridactyla]
giant anteater
entom.T
perce-oreille {m} des plages [Labidura riparia]
giant earwig
astron.
géante {f} gazeuse
gas giant
ichtyo.T
régalec {m} [Regalecus glesne]
giant oarfish
ichtyo.T
roi {m} des harengs [Regalecus glesne]
giant oarfish
ichtyo.T
ruban {m} de mer [Regalecus glesne]
giant oarfish
ichtyo.T
poisson-ruban {m} [Regalecus glesne]
giant oarfish
zool.T
panda {m} géant [Ailuropoda melanoleuca]
giant panda
zool.T
fourmilier {m} géant [Myrmecophaga tridactyla]
giant anteater
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Usage Examples English
  • 33, Gamma Hydri is a variable red giant 60 times the diameter of the Sun.
  • Beta Gruis is a red giant variable star with a minimum magnitude of 2.3 and a maximum magnitude of 2.0.
  • The Sun will turn into a red giant in approximately 6 billion years.
  • Aldebaran (Arabic: “The Follower”, "الدبران"), a red giant star, is the brightest star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.
  • 7 light-years from the Sun, Arcturus is a single red giant of spectral type K1.5III—an aging star around 7.1 billion years old that has used up its core hydrogen and evolved off the main sequence.

  • AK Pyxidis is a red giant of spectral type M5III and semi-regular variable that varies between magnitudes 6.09 and 6.51.
  • One possible explanation for the lack of white dwarfs is that when a red giant expels its outer layers to become a planetary nebula, a slight asymmetry in the loss of material could give the star a 'kick' of a few kilometres per second, enough to eject it from the cluster.
  • Mira (...), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–400 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus.
  • After the hydrogen fuel at the core has been consumed, the star evolves away from the main sequence on the HR diagram, into a supergiant, red giant, or directly to a white dwarf.
  • Apart from the Sun, the star with the largest angular diameter from Earth is R Doradus, a red giant with a diameter of 0.05″.

  • A red giant of spectral type M4III, BC Canis Minoris lies around [...] distant from the Solar System.
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