-aster

See also: aster, Aster, and áster

English

Etymology

From Latin -aster (“little, petty, partial, incomplete”).

Suffix

-aster

1. Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.

   poet + ‎-aster → ‎poetaster (“unskilled poet”)

   critic + ‎-aster → ‎criticaster (“petty critic”)

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -aster

Related terms

• philosophaster

Translations

-aster

• Esperanto: -eto (diminutive), -aĉo (pejorative)
• Ido: -eto (diminutive), -acho (pejorative)

• Portuguese: -astro, -acho (pt)
• Spanish: -astro m, -astra f, -astre m (sometimes)

Anagrams

• 'earts, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arste, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras

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Latin

Alternative forms

• -astrum

Etymology

From suffix originally forming Ancient Greek nouns from verbs ending in -άζειν (-ázein).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ter/, [ˈas.tɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ter/

Suffix

-aster m (genitive -astrī); second declension

1. suffix of nouns, expressing incomplete resemblance, hence generally pejorative.

   pater (“father”) + ‎-aster → ‎patraster (“father-in-law, step-father”)

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-aster	-astrī
Genitive	-astrī	-astrōrum
Dative	-astrō	-astrīs
Accusative	-astrum	-astrōs
Ablative	-astrō	-astrīs
Vocative	-aster1	-astrī

¹May also be -astre.

Derived terms

► Latin words suffixed with -aster