instar

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɑː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɑɹ/ Hyphenation: in‧star ==== Noun ==== instar (plural instars) Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development. (by extension) A stage in development. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From in- +‎ star. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɑɹ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) ==== Verb ==== instar (third-person singular simple present instars, present participle instarring, simple past and past participle instarred) (transitive, archaic) To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star. (transitive) To make a star of; set as a star. === Anagrams === tairns, trains, Sartin, sartin, Tarins, santir, Strain, rinsta, Trains, tarins, atrins, S-train, starin', strain == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnstar (“equivalent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.taʁ/ Hyphenation: in‧star === Noun === instar only used in à l'instar de (“just like”) ==== Derived terms ==== à l'instar de === Further reading === “instar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a metaphor meaning 'to stand close to', thereby semantically related to Ancient Greek ἔχθαρ (ékhthar). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈĩː.star] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin.star] === Noun === īnstar n sg (indeclinable, no genitive) image, likeness, resemblance counterpart worth, value an equal form (of) of equal weight/size/form (to) 1539 CE, Olaus Magnus, Carta Marina, marginal note. ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: instar → French: instar === References === “instar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “instar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “instar”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ins‧tar === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin īnstāre. ==== Verb ==== instar (first-person singular present insto, first-person singular preterite instei, past participle instado) (intransitive) to urge [with com ‘someone’] to insist [with por ‘on’], to ask insistently for to question insistently, to interrogate [with a ‘someone’] to be imminent, to lurk to be urgent or necessary ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin instar. ==== Alternative forms ==== ínstar ==== Noun ==== instar m (plural instares) (zoology) instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.) === References === “instar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “instar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN === Further reading === “instar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin īnstāre (“urge, insist”) whence English instant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /insˈtaɾ/ [ĩnsˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ins‧tar === Verb === instar (first-person singular present insto, first-person singular preterite insté, past participle instado) (intransitive) to urge (press someone to do something soon) Synonyms: urgir, apretar (transitive) to insist (repeat a plea) Synonym: insistir ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “instar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025