ostra

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, from Latin ostrea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞s.tɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔs.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɔs.tɾa] === Noun === ostra f (plural ostres) oyster ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ostracita === Further reading === “ostra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish ostra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈostɾa/, [ˈos̪.t̪ɾa] Hyphenation: os‧tra === Noun === ostra oyster == Galician == === Etymology === Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈostɾa̝/ === Noun === ostra f (plural ostras) oyster 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75: Iten as ostras eschousas a seis dineiros cada libra. Iten das ostras cascudas quatro a o dineiro. Item, open oysters, six diñeiros each pound. Item, oysters with shell, four each diñeiro ==== Derived terms ==== ostreiro === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ostra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “ostra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ostra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ostra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ostra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Latin == === Noun === ostra nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ostrum == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === ostra f (definite singular ostra, indefinite plural ostrer or ostror, definite plural ostrene or ostrone) definite singular of ostre (non-standard since 2012) (pre-2012) alternative form of ostre == Old High German == === Alternative forms === ōstara === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā (“Easter”) from Inherited from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ (“Easter”). First attested in the 9th C. CE. === Proper noun === ōstra f Easter, the feast of Easter ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: ōstre, ōstere, ōster Bavarian: Cimbrian: Oastarn Mòcheno: Oastern Central Franconian: Uustere East Central German: Ustern German: Ostern Hunsrik: Oostre Luxembourgish: Ouschteren === References === Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), Band VII, Leipzig: Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2017, column 132, line 11: “ôst(a)ra, sw. f.” == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔs.tra/ Rhymes: -ɔstra Syllabification: os‧tra === Adjective === ostra feminine nominative/vocative singular of ostry == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: os‧tra === Noun === ostra f (plural ostras) oyster (mollusk) ==== Hypernyms ==== bivalve, molusco ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: ostra → Spanish: ostra === Further reading === “ostra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ostra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === According to the RAE, borrowed from Portuguese ostra, ultimately from Latin ostrea. But Mackenzie seems to treat this Spanish word as a straightforward inheritance from the Latin word, with the non-breaking of o due to metaphony triggered by the -e-, which became a subsequently-lost glide. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈostɾa/ [ˈos.t̪ɾa] Rhymes: -ostɾa Syllabification: os‧tra === Noun === ostra f (plural ostras) oyster ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ostra”, 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