austero

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈstɛ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: au‧stè‧ro

Adjective

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeri, feminine plural austere)

  1. austere (of a person)
  2. strict (of a discipline)

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Noun

austero m (plural austeri, feminine austera)

  1. an austere person

Further reading

  • austero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • austero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • austero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • austero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • austèro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • austèro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

austērō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of austērus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: aus‧te‧ro

Adjective

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeros, feminine plural austeras)

  1. stern; austere; grim (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner)
    Synonyms: severo, rígido
  2. austere (not extravagant)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ausˈteɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: aus‧te‧ro

Adjective

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeros, feminine plural austeras)

  1. austere

Derived terms

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Further reading

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