ostra

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See also: östra and ostrą

Catalan[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, from Latin ostrea.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ostra f (plural ostres)

  1. oyster

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Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish ostra.

Noun[edit]

ostra

  1. oyster

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ostra f (plural ostras)

  1. oyster
    • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
      Iten as ostras eschousas a seis dineiros cada libra. Iten das ostras cascudas quatro a o dineiro.
      Item, open oysters, six diñeiros each pound. Item, oysters with shell, four each diñeiro

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • ostra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • ostra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • ostra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • ostra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • ostra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

ostra

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ostrum

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

ostra f (definite singular ostra, indefinite plural ostrer or ostror, definite plural ostrene or ostrone)

  1. definite singular of ostre (non-standard since 2012)
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ostre

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ostra

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ostry

Portuguese[edit]

ostra

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: os‧tra

Noun[edit]

ostra f (plural ostras)

  1. oyster (mollusk)

Hypernyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: ostra
  • Spanish: ostra

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, inherited from Latin ostrea.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈostɾa/ [ˈos.t̪ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ostɾa
  • Syllabification: os‧tra

Noun[edit]

ostra f (plural ostras)

  1. oyster

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]