-aster
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin -aster (“little, petty, partial, incomplete”).
Suffix[edit]
-aster
- Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
-aster
Anagrams[edit]
- 'earts, TASer, Taser, arste, earst, rates, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From suffix originally forming Ancient Greek nouns from verbs ending in -άζειν (-ázein).
Alternative forms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-aster m (genitive -astrī); second declension
- suffix of nouns, expressing incomplete resemblance, hence generally pejorative.
Inflection[edit]
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[edit]
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin noun-forming suffixes
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
