asterisco

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.steˈri.sko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: a‧ste‧rì‧sco

Noun

asterisco m (plural asterischi)

1. asterisk

Further reading

• asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

• citassero, corteassi, crossiate, esorcista, rosicaste, satiresco, scortesia, scosterai

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• asterístico (hypercorrect)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.teˈɾis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.teˈɾis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃ.teˈɾiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.teˈɾis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.tɨˈɾiʃ.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku]

Noun

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)

Further reading

• “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), used in manuscripts to mark passages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asteˈɾisko/ [as.t̪eˈɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: as‧te‧ris‧co

Noun

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk
2. (Argentina, Mexico, slang) anus

Further reading

• “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014