aster

== English == === Etymology === From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) === Noun === aster (plural asters) Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell. (obsolete) A star. , 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== astro- ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: aster → Esperanto: astero ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === teras, earst, reast, treas., taser, setar, stare, TASer, arste, Stear, sater, stear, tares, Satre, tarse, Sater, arets, tears, resat, rates, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts, Taser == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English aster, from Latin astēr, 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 == === Etymology === From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Named after the flower's semblance to a star. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑs.tər/ 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 ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === aster on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == French == === Etymology === From Middle French aster, from Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr). Doublet of star. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.tɛʁ/ === Noun === aster m (plural asters) aster (flowering plant) ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: aster === 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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.teːr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.ter] === 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). ==== Descendants ==== === 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[1] == Mauritian Creole == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /astɛː/ === Etymology 1 === From French à cette heure (“at this hour”). Compare Louisiana Creole astè. ==== Adverb ==== aster now at this moment === Etymology 2 === From French acheteur. ==== Noun ==== aster buyer == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin Astēr. Doublet of Stela and Stella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈas.tɛr/ Rhymes: -astɛr Syllabification: as‧ter Homophone: Aster === Noun === aster m inan aster (any plant of the genus Aster) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === aster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN aster in Polish dictionaries at PWN aster in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aster. Doublet of star and stea. === Noun === aster m (plural asteri) aster ==== Declension ==== === References === aster in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN