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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ostro. Doublet of Auster.

Noun

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ostro (plural ostros)

  1. A southerly Mediterranean wind.

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From German auster, English oyster and Latin ostrea.

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Noun

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ostro (accusative singular ostron, plural ostroj, accusative plural ostrojn)

  1. oyster

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin austrum. Cognate to English auster.

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ostro m (plural ostri)

  1. southerly wind; hence the south

Etymology 2

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From Latin ostrum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

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ostro m (plural ostri)

  1. purple (color or dye)

Further reading

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  • ostro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Noun

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ostrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ostrum

Polish

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Etymology

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From ostry-o.

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Adverb

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ostro (comparative ostrzej, superlative najostrzej)

  1. sharply (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tępo
  2. hotly, spicily
  3. roughly, sharply, fiercely (demanding or critical)
  4. clearly, explicitly
  5. high (of sound)
    Synonym: wysoko
    Antonyms: gruby, niski
  6. brightly (of an object's color)
  7. sharply, keenly, acutely (of emotions or senses)
  8. fastly
  9. sharply, steeply
    Synonym: stromo
  10. severely, strongly, intensifier
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bardzo

Further reading

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  • ostro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ostro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Adjective

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óstro

  1. inflection of oster:
    1. feminine accusative/instrumental singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative singular