asterisk

See also Asterix

English

Alternative forms

• asterisc

Etymology

From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asteriskos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (aster, “a star”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

asterisk (plural asterisks)

1. Symbol (*).
2. (sports, US) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.

   They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.

3. (biology) Alternate of Asteriscus.

See also

Typography

ampersand ( & ) asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ ) at sign ( @ ) backslash ( \ )

bullet ( •) dagger ( † ‡ ) degrees ( ° ) number sign ( # )

prime ( ′ ) tilde ( ~ ) underscore ( _ ) vertical bar/pipe ( | )

Translations

symbol used to highlight words or sentences

• Armenian: աստղանիշ (hy) (astġaniš)
• Basque: istartxo
• Belarusian: зорачка (be) (zóračka) f
• Bulgarian: звездичка (bg) (zvézdička) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 星號 (cmn), 星号 (cmn) (xīnghào)

• Czech: hvězdička (cs) f
• Danish: asterisk (da), stjerne (da)
• Dutch: asterisk (nl) f, sterretje (nl) n
• Esperanto: steleto (eo), asterisko (eo)
• Faroese: asteriksur (fo) m
• Finnish: asteriski (fi), tähti (fi), tähti-merkki (fi)
• French: astérisque (fr) m
• German: Sternchen (de) n, Asterisk (de) m
• Greek: αστερίσκος (el) (asterískos) m

  Ancient: ἀστερίσκος m

• Icelandic: stjörnumerki (is) n
• Ido: steleto (io), asterisko (io)
• Interlingua: asterisco
• Irish: réalta (ga) f
• Italian: asterisco (it) m
• Japanese: アスタリスク (ja) (asutarisuku), 星印 (ja) (ほしじるし, hoshi jirushi), 星号 (ja) (せいごう, seigō), スター (ja) (sutā)

• Jèrriais: astérisque m, êtaile f
• Korean: 별표 (ko) (byeolpyo), 애스테리스크 (ko) (aeseuteriseukeu)
• Macedonian: ѕвездичка (mk) (dzvézdička) f
• Malay: tanda bintang (ms)
• Maltese: asteriks (mt)
• Norwegian: asterisk (no)
• Polish: gwiazdka (pl) f
• Portuguese: asterisco (pt) m
• Russian: звёздочка (ru) (zvjózdočka) f, астериск (ru) (asterísk) m
• Scottish Gaelic: reul (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: звездица (sh) f, астериск (sh) m

  Roman: zvezdica (sh) f, asterisk (sh) m

• Slovak: hviezdička (sk) f
• Slovene: zvezdica (sl) f
• Spanish: asterisco (es) m
• Swedish: asterisk (sv) c
• Ukrainian: зірочка (uk) (zíročka) f
• Volapük: stelül (vo)
• Welsh: seren (cy) f

Verb

asterisk (third-person singular simple present asterisks, present participle asterisking, simple past and past participle asterisked)

1. To mark with an asterisk symbol (*)

Related terms

• aster
• asterism
• asteroid

External links

• asterisk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• asterisk in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• sarkiest, skaiters

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Noun

asterisk c (singular definite asterisken, plural indefinite asterisker)

1. asterisk

Inflection

    Inflection of asterisk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	asterisk	asterisken	asterisker	asteriskerne
genitive	asterisks	asteriskens	asteriskers	asteriskernes

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Swedish

Noun

asterisk c

1. asterisk

Declension

Declension of asterisk

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	asterisk	asterisken	asterisker	asteriskerna
genitive	asterisks	asteriskens	asteriskers	asteriskernas