asterisco

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.steˈri.sko/
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Hyphenation: a‧ste‧rì‧sco

Noun

asterisco m (plural asterischi)

  1. asterisk

Further reading

  • asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • asterístico (hypercorrect)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /as.teˈɾis.ku/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʃ.teˈɾiʃ.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /as.teˈɾis.ko/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐʃ.tɨˈɾiʃ.ku/

  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku]

Noun

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

  1. asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)

Further reading

  • asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, a little star, asterisk), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, star), used in manuscripts to mark passages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asteˈɾisko/ [as.t̪eˈɾis.ko]
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Syllabification: as‧te‧ris‧co

Noun

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

  1. asterisk
  2. (Argentina, Mexico, slang) anus

Further reading

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