aster
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin aster, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star, stella, étoile, and estoile.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
aster (plural asters)
- 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.
- (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
- (obsolete) A star.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94:
- by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported.
Derived terms Edit
- alpine aster (Aster alpinus)
- aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
- asterless
- asteroid
- azure aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
- beach aster (Erigeron glaucus)
- big-leaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- blue aster
- bog aster (Oclemena nemoralis)
- bushy aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum)
- button aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum)
- calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- China aster (Callistephus chinensis)
- climbing aster (Ampelaster spp.)
- cornflower aster (Stokesia laevis)
- East Indies aster
- Fall aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
- frostweed aster (Verbesina virginica)
- glaucous aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- golden aster (Chrysopsis spp., Heterotheca spp.)
- goldilocks aster (Galatella linosyris)
- heartleaf aster (VSymphyotrichum cordifolium)
- Italian aster (Aster amellus)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- Mojave-aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
- mountain aster (Canadanthus spp.)
- New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
- New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)
- panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
- prairie aster
- purple-stemmed aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- red-stalked aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- rough-leaved aster (Eurybia radulina)
- rush aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)
- sandaster (Corethrogyne)
- Schreber's aster (Eurybia schreberi)
- sea aster (Tripolium pannonicum)
- Short's aster (Symphyotrichum shortii)
- silver aster (Chrysopsis graminifolia)
- slender aster (Eurybia compacta)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- southern aster
- sperm aster
- starved aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- sticky aster (Machaeranthera bigelovii)
- stiff aster (Solidago ptarmicoides)
- Stokes' aster (Stokesia laevis)
- swamp aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- tansy-leaf aster
- Tartarian aster, tatarian aster (Aster tataricus)
- Tatarinow's aster (Aster tataricus)
- Tradescant's aster (Aster tradescanti)
- tree aster (Olearia spp.)
- wavy-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum)
- yellow aster (Eastwoodia elegans)
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Anagrams Edit
Cebuano Edit
Etymology Edit
From English aster, from Latin aster, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: as‧ter
Noun Edit
aster
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Named after the flower's semblance to a star.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
aster f (plural asters, diminutive astertje n)
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
aster m (plural asters)
- aster (flowering plant)
Further reading Edit
- “aster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). See also Latin astrum and the inherited stēlla.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.teːr/, [ˈäs̠t̪eːr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ter/, [ˈäst̪er]
Noun Edit
astēr m (genitive asteris); third declension
Declension Edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | astēr | asterēs |
Genitive | asteris | asterum |
Dative | asterī | asteribus |
Accusative | astera asterem |
asterēs |
Ablative | astere | asteribus |
Vocative | astēr | asterēs |
Descendants Edit
- → English: aster
- Translingual: Aster, Cometaster, Thalassianthus aster
References Edit
- “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 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From French à cette heure (“at this hour”).
Adverb Edit
aster
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
aster
Polish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from New Latin Astēr, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στήρ (astḗr), from Proto-Hellenic *astḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of Stella.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
aster m inan
Declension Edit
Further reading Edit
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
aster m (plural asteri)