Pastor
Translingual
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Etymology
Latin pastor (“herdsman, shepherd”)
Proper noun
Pastor m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – the rosy starling.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily; Sturnidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pastor roseus - sole species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
Rosy Starling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sturnus roseus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Pastor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pastor at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
German
Alternative forms
- Paster (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpastɔɐ̯/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Noun
Pastor m (genitive Pastors, plural Pastoren or Pastöre)
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Pastoren.
- The plural Pastöre is used by some of those speakers who stress the word on the second syllable, particularly in western Germany.
- The word as such is more common among Protestants than among Catholics. There are, however, some regions where the word is traditional for a Catholic pastor, including the Rhineland.
Declension
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Pastor” in Duden online
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- Translingual terms derived from Latin
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- Translingual proper nouns
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- German 2-syllable words
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- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- Regional German
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