asterisco

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.ko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: a‧ste‧rì‧sco

Noun

asterisco m (plural asterischi)

1. asterisk

Further reading

• asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

• citassero, corteassi, crossiate, esorcista, rosicaste, satiresco, scortesia, scosterai

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

asterisco

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Alternative forms

• asterístico (hypercorrect)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.teˈɾis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.teˈɾis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃ.teˈɾiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.teˈɾis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.tɨˈɾiʃ.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku]
• Rhymes: -isku
• Hyphenation: as‧te‧ris‧co

Noun

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)

Further reading

• “asterisco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “asterisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

asterisco

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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

• IPA^(key): /asteˈɾisko/ [as.t̪eˈɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: as‧te‧ris‧co

Noun

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk
2. (slang, euphemistic, Latin America) anus

Further reading

• “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “asterisco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010