pinaster

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pīnaster (“a wild pine”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

pinaster (plural pinasters)

1. The maritime pine (species Pinus pinaster), that grows in southern Europe.

References

• “pinaster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Painters, Parentis, painters, pantries, pertains, pine tars, pristane, repaints, star pine, terapins

Latin

Etymology

From pīn(us) (“pine”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piːˈnas.ter/, [piːˈnäs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈnas.ter/, [piˈnäst̪er]

Noun

pīnaster m (genitive pīnastrī); second declension

1. a wild pine. probably Pinus pinaster

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pīnaster	pīnastrī
Genitive	pīnastrī	pīnastrōrum
Dative	pīnastrō	pīnastrīs
Accusative	pīnastrum	pīnastrōs
Ablative	pīnastrō	pīnastrīs
Vocative	pīnaster	pīnastrī

References

• “pinaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pinaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.