astérisque
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “a star”); see Latin aster.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /as.te.ʁisk/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: astérisques
- Hyphenation: as‧té‧risque
Noun edit
astérisque m (plural astérisques)
- asterisk (punctuation symbol)
Further reading edit
- “astérisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).
Noun edit
astérisque m (plural astérisques)