coster

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English

Noun

coster (plural costers)

  1. Clipping of costermonger.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.

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Etymology

From costa +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Adjective

coster (feminine costera, masculine plural costers, feminine plural costeres)

  1. sloping, steep
  2. (relational) side; lateral

Noun

coster m (plural costers)

  1. slope
    Synonyms: costa, pendant, pujada
  2. (architecture) rafter, gable end
    Synonym: biga

Further reading

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cōnstāre, present active infinitive of cōnstō.

Verb

coster

  1. To cost

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of coster (first conjugation)
infinitive coster, costé
auxiliary verb avei gerund costan
past participle costé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present coste, costeie costes, costeies costa, costeia, costea coston costeis costa, costeia
imperfect costove costoves costova costovan costovais costova
future costaré costaras costarà costaron costareis costarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present coste, costeie costes, costeies coste, costeie coston costeis coste
imperfect costasse costasses costassa costassan costassais costassa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— costa, costeia — coston costede —

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cōnstāre, present active infinitive of cōnstō.

Verb

coster

  1. to cost (have a certain cost)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of coster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive coster avoir costé
gerund en costant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle costant
past participle costé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present cost costes coste costons costez costent
imperfect costoie, costeie, costoe, costeve costoies, costeies, costoes, costeves costoit, costeit, costot, costeve costiiens, costiens costiiez, costiez costoient, costeient, costoent, costevent
preterite costai costas costa costames costastes costerent
future costerai costeras costera costerons costeroiz, costereiz, costerez costeront
conditional costeroie, costereie costeroies, costereies costeroit, costereit costeriiens, costeriens costeriiez, costeriez costeroient, costereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present cost coz cost costons costez costent
imperfect costasse costasses costast costissons, costissiens costissoiz, costissez, costissiez costassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— coste — costons costez —

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