astro

See also: Astro, astro-, and -astro

English

Noun

astro (countable and uncountable, plural astros)

1. (informal) Clipping of astrology.
   • 2023 August 11, Jake Register, “Your Sex Horoscope for the Weekend”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     This week’s astro is way less extreme than last week’s for your sign, and although you’re not getting a ton of action, you’re still making progress.

2. (informal) Clipping of astroturf.

Anagrams

• Astor, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, ratos, roast, rotas, sorta, taros, tarso-

Eskayan

Noun

astro

1. sun

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”). Doublet of astero and stelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈastro]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -astro
• Hyphenation: as‧tro

Noun

astro (accusative singular astron, plural astroj, accusative plural astrojn)

1. (astronomy, astrology) celestial body, heavenly body

   Synonym: ĉielkorpo

Derived terms

• astra (“astral”)
• astrologio (“astrology”)
• astrologo (“astrologer”)

 

Ido

Noun

astro (plural astri)

1. celestial body (ex. a star, a planet, a comet)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.stro/
• Rhymes: -astro
• Hyphenation: à‧stro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron), from ἀστήρ (astḗr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”), from the root *h₂eHs- (“to burn”, “to glow”).

Noun

astro m (plural astri)

1. (astronomy) celestial body, star

   Synonyms: corpo celeste, stella

2. (figurative) a person exceptionally talented or famous in a specific field; star

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

Noun

astro m (plural astri)

1. (botany) one of various plants in the genus Aster; aster

Further reading

• astro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• astro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Tarso, rosta, sarto, sorta, staro, starò, tarso

Latin

Noun

astrō

1. dative/ablative singular of astrum

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.tɾu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
• Hyphenation: as‧tro

Noun

astro m (plural astros)

1. celestial body (ex. a star, a planet, a comet)

   Synonym: corpo celeste

2. celebrity, star (a very famous and popular person)

   Synonyms: estrela, celebridade

Derived terms

• astro-rei

Related terms

• astral
• asteroide

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈastɾo/ [ˈas.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: as‧tro

Noun

astro m (plural astros)

1. cosmic body, celestial body
2. star (famous person)
   • 2020 November 26, Enric González, “Decenas de miles de personas despiden a Maradona en la Casa Rosada”, in El País‎^[2], retrieved 2020-11-26:

     Los hinchas hacen dos kilómetros de cola para despedirse del astro del fútbol argentino

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• astro rey

 

Related terms

• asteroide
• astral
• astro-
• astroso

 

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish astro, from Latin astrum, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔastɾo/, [ˈʔas.tɾo]
• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: as‧tro

Noun

astro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ) (rare)

1. star; celestial body

   Synonyms: bituin, tala

   • 1926, Buhay na pinagdaanan ni Santa Elena sa paghahanáp ng̃ Sta. Cruz sa bayan ng̃ Jerusalém, J. Martinez, page 31:

     sampông mga astro na nasa sa Langit/nagsipangulimlim nagpakitang hapis

     ten stars that are in the Sky/darkened to show their grief

Related terms

• astrologo
• astrolohiya
• astronawta
• astronomiya
• astronomo
• astropisika