asterisco
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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).
Pronunciation
Noun
asterisco m (plural asterischi)
Further reading
- asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key):
Noun
asterisco m (plural asteriscos)
- asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)
Further reading
- “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), used in manuscripts to mark passages.
Pronunciation
Noun
asterisco m (plural asteriscos)
Further reading
- “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014