asterisc
English edit
Noun edit
asterisc (plural asteriscs)
- (chiefly archaic) Alternative spelling of asterisk
- [1849, M. J. B. Silvestre, “Plate LXI. Square Uncial Greek Writing. IVth. or Vth. Century. Fragments of the Greek Pentateuch, in the Bibliothèque Royale.”, in Frederic Madden, transl., Universal Palæography: Or, Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods, […], volume I, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, page 163:
- There is no punctuation, but three signs are used, namely, 1st, the asterisc (※); 2nd, the obelus (—:); and 3rd, the two dots (:). The asteriscs indicate the words of the Hebrew text, not admitted by the Seventy into their Greek version, which words are included between the asterisc and the two dots; […]
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- 2012, Úrsula Flores-Perez, Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion, “Carotenoids”, in Andrew Salter, Helen Wiseman, Gregory Tucker, editors, Phytonutrients, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, figure 3.2 caption, page 94:
- Data were collected from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Nutrition Coordination Center (NCC) Carotenoid Database (Holden et al., 1999) and correspond to raw foods unless indicated with an asterisc (cooked) or two asteriscs (canned).
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
asterisc m (plural asteriscs or asteriscos)
- asterisk (the symbol *)
Further reading edit
- “asterisc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “asterisc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “asterisc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “asterisc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French astérisque.
Noun edit
asterisc n (plural asteriscuri)
Declension edit
Declension of asterisc
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) asterisc | asteriscul | (niște) asteriscuri | asteriscurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) asterisc | asteriscului | (unor) asteriscuri | asteriscurilor |
vocative | asteriscule | asteriscurilor |