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