astérisque

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “a star”); see Latin aster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.te.ʁisk/ Homophone: astérisques Hyphenation: as‧té‧risque === Noun === astérisque m (plural astérisques) asterisk (punctuation symbol) ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: asterisk → Romanian: asterisc === Further reading === “astérisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === séquestrai == Norman == === Etymology === From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”). === Noun === astérisque m (plural astérisques) (Jersey) asterisk (punctuation mark)