aster

aster

See also: Aster, áster, åster, aster-, and -aster

English

Aster incisus(2)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin aster, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star, stella, étoile, and estoile.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæstə(ɹ)/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

aster (plural asters)

1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin 2011, p.120:

     On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.

2. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
3. (obsolete) A star.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94:

     by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported.

Derived terms

alpine aster (Aster alpinus) aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) asterless asteroid azure aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense) beach aster (Erigeron glaucus) big-leaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) blue aster bog aster (Oclemena nemoralis) bushy aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum) button aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum) calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum) China aster (Callistephus chinensis) climbing aster (Ampelaster spp.) cornflower aster (Stokesia laevis) East Indies aster Fall aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) frostweed aster (Verbesina virginica) glaucous aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) golden aster (Chrysopsis spp., Heterotheca spp.) goldilocks aster (Galatella linosyris) heartleaf aster (VSymphyotrichum cordifolium) Italian aster (Aster amellus) large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla) Mojave-aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) mountain aster (Canadanthus spp.) New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) prairie aster purple-stemmed aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum) red-stalked aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum) rough-leaved aster (Eurybia radulina) rush aster (Symphyotrichum boreale) sandaster (Corethrogyne) Schreber's aster (Eurybia schreberi) sea aster (Tripolium pannonicum) Short's aster (Symphyotrichum shortii) silver aster (Chrysopsis graminifolia) slender aster (Eurybia compacta) smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) southern aster sperm aster starved aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum) sticky aster (Machaeranthera bigelovii) stiff aster (Solidago ptarmicoides) Stokes' aster (Stokesia laevis) swamp aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum) tansy-leaf aster Tartarian aster, tatarian aster (Aster tataricus) Tatarinow's aster (Aster tataricus) Tradescant's aster (Aster tradescanti) tree aster (Olearia spp.) wavy-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum) yellow aster (Eastwoodia elegans)

Related terms

• astro-

Translations

plant

Bulgarian: богородичка (bogorodička), димитровче (dimitrovče) Chinese: Mandarin: 翠菊 (zh) (cuìjú), 紫菀 (zh) (zǐwǎn) Czech: hvězdnice f Finnish: asteri (fi), saunio (fi) French: aster (fr) f German: Aster (de) f Greek: αστέρας (el) m (astéras) Ancient: ἀστερίσκος m (asterískos) Hungarian: őszirózsa (hu) Indonesian: aster (id) Irish: astar m Italian: astro (it) m Japanese: 嫁菜 (よめな, yomena), ヨメナ (ja) (yomena), 紫苑 (ja) (shion), シオン (shion) Korean: 과꽃 (gwakkot) Polish: aster (pl) m Portuguese: áster m Romanian: aster (ro) m Russian: а́стра (ru) f (ástra) Spanish: aster m Swedish: aster (sv) c Turkish: yıldızpatı (tr)

star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell

Finnish: asteri (fi) Portuguese: áster m Spanish: áster (es) m

Anagrams

• 'earts, Aters, Sater, Satre, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras

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Etymology

From English aster, from Latin aster, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧ter

Noun

aster

1. an aster; any of several plants of the genus Aster
2. the flower of these plants

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Dutch

Twee asters bezocht door bijen. — Two asters tended by bees.

Etymology

From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Named after the flower's semblance to a star.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑs.tər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: as‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɑstər

Noun

aster f (plural asters, diminutive astertje n)

1. aster, flowering plant of the genus Aster.
2. A flower from this plant.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.tɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

aster m (plural asters)

1. aster (flowering plant)

Further reading

• “aster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). See also Latin astrum and the inherited stēlla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.teːr/, [ˈäs̠t̪eːr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ter/, [ˈäst̪er]

Noun

astēr m (genitive asteris); third declension

1. A star

   Synonyms: astrum, stēlla, sīdus

2. Aster amellus (Italian starwort)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astēr	asterēs
Genitive	asteris	asterum
Dative	asterī	asteribus
Accusative	astera asterem	asterēs
Ablative	astere	asteribus
Vocative	astēr	asterēs

Descendants

• → English: aster
• Translingual: Aster, Cometaster, Thalassianthus aster

References

• “aster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “aster”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎

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Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• asterla

Etymology 1

From French à cette heure (“at this hour”).

Adverb

aster

1. now
2. at this moment

Etymology 2

From French acheteur.

Noun

aster

1. buyer

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.tɛr/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -astɛr
• Syllabification: as‧ter

Noun

aster m inan (or m anim)

1. aster (plant of the genus Aster)

Declension

Declension of aster

	singular	plural
nominative	aster	astry
genitive	astra	astrów
dative	astrowi	astrom
accusative	aster/astra	astry
instrumental	astrem	astrami
locative	astrze	astrach
vocative	astrze	astry

Further reading

• aster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aster in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aster.

Noun

aster m (plural asteri)

1. aster

Declension

Declension of aster

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aster	asterul	(niște) asteri	asterii
genitive/dative	(unui) aster	asterului	(unor) asteri	asterilor
vocative	asterule		asterilor

References

• aster in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN