auster

See also: Auster

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːstɚ/, /ˈɒstɚ/

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Noun

auster

1. Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”).

Translations

auster (wind) — see Auster,‎ ostro

References

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

Anagrams

• Sauter, Uretas, Sutera, Atreus, sauter, Tauers, urates

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austērus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwsˈter]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awsˈter]

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Adjective

auster (feminine austera, masculine plural austers, feminine plural austeres)

1. austere

Derived terms

• austerament

Related terms

• austeritat

Further reading

• “auster”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “auster”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “auster” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “auster” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *austeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros, from *h₂ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Latin aurōra, English east, German Ost.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯s.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯s.t̪er]

Noun

auster m (genitive austrī); second declension

1. the south wind
2. south (compass direction)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	auster	austrī
genitive	austrī	austrōrum
dative	austrō	austrīs
accusative	austrum	austrōs
ablative	austrō	austrīs
vocative	auster	austrī

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “south wind”): boreās, septentriō

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

	septentriō boreās
occidēns occāsus		oriēns eurus
	merīdiēs auster

Derived terms

• austrālis
• austrifer
• austrīnus
• Austrō
• austronotus
• autroafricus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: austru
  • Romanian: austru
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: uostro
  • Italian: ostro
    • → English: ostro
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: austro
  • → Old Catalan: austre
  • → Old French: austre, auster, aster, ostre
  • → Portuguese: austro
  • → Spanish: austro

References

• “auster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auster”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “auster”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “auster”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1065

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse austr.

Noun

auster m (definite singular austeren, indefinite plural austrar, definite plural austrane)

1. an act of scooping up something
2. (amount of) water which should be drained from a boat

Noun

auster f (definite singular austra, indefinite plural austrer, definite plural austrene)

1. a big ladle

Related terms

• ausa, ause (verb)

References

• “auster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French austère, from Latin austerus.

Adjective

auster m or n (feminine singular austeră, masculine plural austeri, feminine and neuter plural austere)

1. austere

Declension

Declension of auster

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	auster		austeră		austeri	austere
	definite	austerul		austera		austerii	austerele
genitive- dative	indefinite	auster		austere		austeri	austere
	definite	austerului		austerei		austerilor	austerelor

Related terms

• austeritate