aster
English
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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) (file) - Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
aster (plural asters)
- 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.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin 2011, p.120:
- (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
- (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.
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Derived terms
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Related terms
- astro-
Translations
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Anagrams
- 'earts, Aters, Sater, Satre, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras
Cebuano
Etymology
From English aster, from Latin aster, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: as‧ter
Noun
aster
- an aster; any of several plants of the genus Aster
- the flower of these plants
Dutch
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Etymology
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Named after the flower's semblance to a star.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑs.tər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: as‧ter
- Rhymes: -ɑstər
Noun
aster f (plural asters, diminutive astertje n)
- aster, flowering plant of the genus Aster.
- A flower from this plant.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.tɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
aster m (plural asters)
- aster (flowering plant)
Further reading
- “aster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
- A star
- Synonyms: astrum, stēlla, sīdus
- Aster amellus (Italian starwort)
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- asterla
Etymology 1
From French à cette heure (“at this hour”).
Adverb
aster
- now
- at this moment
Etymology 2
From French acheteur.
Noun
aster
- buyer
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈas.tɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -astɛr
- Syllabification: as‧ter
Noun
aster m inan (or m anim)
- aster (plant of the genus Aster)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French aster.
Noun
aster m (plural asteri)
- aster
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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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