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Etymology

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From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star, stella, étoile, and estoile.

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aster (plural asters)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin, published 2011, page 120:
      On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.
  2. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
  3. (obsolete) A star.

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Descendants

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  • Cebuano: aster
  • Esperanto: astero

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English aster, from Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

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  • Hyphenation: as‧ter

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aster

  1. an aster; any of several plants of the genus Aster
  2. the flower of these plants

Dutch

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Twee asters bezocht door bijen. — Two asters tended by bees.

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From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Named after the flower's semblance to a star.

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aster f (plural asters, diminutive astertje n)

  1. aster, flowering plant of the genus Aster
  2. a flower from this plant

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French aster, from Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star.

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aster m (plural asters)

  1. aster (flowering plant)

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). See also Latin astrum and the inherited stēlla.

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astēr m (genitive asteris); third declension

  1. A star
    Synonyms: astrum, stēlla, sīdus
  2. Aster amellus (Italian starwort)

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Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).

singular plural
nominative astēr asterēs
genitive asteris asterum
dative asterī asteribus
accusative astera
asterem
asterēs
ablative astere asteribus
vocative astēr asterēs

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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From French à cette heure (at this hour).

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aster

  1. now
  2. at this moment

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From French acheteur.

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aster

  1. buyer

Polish

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astry

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Learned borrowing from New Latin Astēr. Doublet of Stela and Stella.

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aster m inan

  1. aster (any plant of the genus Aster)

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Further reading

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  • aster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • aster in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • aster in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aster. Doublet of star and stea.

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aster m (plural asteri)

  1. aster

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative aster asterul asteri asterii
genitive-dative aster asterului asteri asterilor
vocative asterule asterilor

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  • aster in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN