austero

Italian

Etymology

From Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈstɛ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛro
• Hyphenation: au‧stè‧ro

Adjective

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeri, feminine plural austere)

1. austere (of a person)
2. strict (of a discipline)

Derived terms

• austeramente

Related terms

• austerità

Noun

austero m (plural austeri, feminine austera)

1. an austere person

Further reading

• austero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• austero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• austero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• austero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• austèro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• austèro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Tesauro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈteː.roː/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈte.ro/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːro]

Adjective

austērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of austērus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈtɛ.ɾu/ [aʊ̯sˈtɛ.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈtɛ.ɾu/ [aʊ̯sˈtɛ.ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awʃˈtɛ.ɾu/ [aʊ̯ʃˈtɛ.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈtɛ.ɾo/ [aʊ̯sˈtɛ.ɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃˈtɛ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: aus‧te‧ro

Adjective

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeros, feminine plural austeras)

1. stern; austere; grim (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)

   Synonyms: severo, rígido

2. austere (not extravagant)

Derived terms

• austeramente

Related terms

• austeridade

Further reading

• “austero” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “austero” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “austero” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “austero” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ausˈteɾo/ [au̯sˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: aus‧te‧ro

Adjective

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeros, feminine plural austeras)

1. austere

Derived terms

• austeramente

 

Related terms

• austeridad

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• autores, tesauro