-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 terms suffixed with -aster

Related terms

• philosophaster

Translations

-aster

• Esperanto: -eto (diminutive), -aĉo (pejorative)
• Ido: -eto (diminutive), -acho (pejorative)
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• Kurdish: ,
• 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/, [ˈäs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ter/, [ˈäst̪er]

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”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

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

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -aster