auster

See also: Auster

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːstɚ/, /ˈɒstɚ/

Noun

auster

1. Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”)

Translations

auster (wind) — see Auster,‎ ostro

References

• “auster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Sauter, Sutera, Tauers, Uretas, sauter, urates

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austērus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwsˈter]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [awsˈter]

Adjective

auster (feminine austera, masculine plural austers, feminine plural austeres)

1. austere

Derived terms

• austerament

Related terms

• austeritat

Further reading

• “auster” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “auster”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “auster” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “auster” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *austeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros, from *h₂ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Latin aurōra, English east, German Ost.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯s.ter/, [ˈäu̯s̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯s.ter/, [ˈäu̯st̪er]

Noun

auster m (genitive austrī); second declension

1. The south wind
2. south (compass direction)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auster	austrī
Genitive	austrī	austrōrum
Dative	austrō	austrīs
Accusative	austrum	austrōs
Ablative	austrō	austrīs
Vocative	auster	austrī

Synonyms

• (south wind): merīdiēs

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “north wind”): boreās, septentriō

Derived terms

• austrifer
• austronotus
• austrālis
• austrīnus
• Austrō
• autroafricus

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: austru
  • Romanian: austru
• Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: uostro
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ostro
    • → English: ostro
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: austro
  • → Old Catalan: austre
  • → Old French: austre, auster, aster, ostre
  • → Portuguese: austro
  • → Spanish: austro

References

• “auster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auster”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “auster”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “auster”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1065

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse austr.

Noun

auster m (definite singular austeren, indefinite plural austrar, definite plural austrane)

1. an act of scooping up something
2. (amount of) water which should be drained from a boat

Noun

auster f (definite singular austra, indefinite plural austrer, definite plural austrene)

1. a big ladle

Related terms

• ausa, ause (verb)

References

• “auster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French austère, from Latin austerus.

Adjective

auster m or n (feminine singular austeră, masculine plural austeri, feminine and neuter plural austere)

1. austere

Declension

Declension of auster

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	auster		austeră	austeri	austere
	definite	austerul		austera	austerii	austerele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	auster		austere	austeri	austere
	definite	austerului		austerei	austerilor	austerelor

Related terms

• austeritate