astérisque
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “a star”); see Latin aster.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /as.te.ʁisk/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: astérisques
- Hyphenation: as‧té‧risque
Noun[edit]
astérisque m (plural astérisques)
- asterisk (punctuation symbol)
Further reading[edit]
- “astérisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).
Noun[edit]
astérisque m (plural astérisques)
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