asterisco
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asterisco m (plural asterischi)
Further reading
[edit]- asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku]
Noun
[edit]asterisco m (plural asteriscos)
- asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)
Further reading
[edit]- “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]asterisco m (plural asteriscos)
Further reading
[edit]- “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “asterisco” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
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