asterisc

English

Noun

asterisc (plural asteriscs)

1. (chiefly archaic) Alternative spelling of asterisk.
   • [1849, M. J. B. Silvestre, “Plate LXI. Square Uncial Greek Writing. IVth. or Vth. Century. Fragments of the Greek Pentateuch, in the Bibliothèque Royale.”, in Frederic Madden, transl., Universal Palæography: Or, Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods, […], volume I, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, page 163:

     There is no punctuation, but three signs are used, namely, 1st, the asterisc (※); 2nd, the obelus (—:); and 3rd, the two dots (:). The asteriscs indicate the words of the Hebrew text, not admitted by the Seventy into their Greek version, which words are included between the asterisc and the two dots; […]

     Used to refer to a different symbol.]

   • 1869, “Notices Useful to the Foreigner”, in One Week at Venice: Illustrated Guide for Visiting Every Thing Worthy of Consideration, Venice: Colombo Coen’s New Library, […], →OCLC, page 128:

     The Hôtels marked with one asterisc are Restaurants also. Those marked with two asteriscs have Table d'Hôte.

   • 2012, Úrsula Flores-Perez, Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion, “Carotenoids”, in Andrew Salter, Helen Wiseman, Gregory Tucker, editors, Phytonutrients, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, figure 3.2 caption, page 94:

     Data were collected from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Nutrition Coordination Center (NCC) Carotenoid Database (Holden et al., 1999) and correspond to raw foods unless indicated with an asterisc (cooked) or two asteriscs (canned).

Anagrams

• Castries, scariest

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.təˈɾisk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [as.teˈɾisk]

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Noun

asterisc m (plural asteriscs or asteriscos)

1. asterisk (the symbol *)

Further reading

• “asterisc”, 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
• “asterisc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “asterisc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “asterisc”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Proto-Hellenic *astḗr

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr)

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos)

Ancient Greek ἀστερῐ́σκος (asterĭ́skos)bor.

Late Latin asteriscuslbor.

French astérisquebor.

Romanian asterisc

Borrowed from French astérisque.

Noun

asterisc n (plural asteriscuri)

1. asterisk

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	asterisc	asteriscul	asteriscuri	asteriscurile
genitive-dative	asterisc	asteriscului	asteriscuri	asteriscurilor
vocative	asteriscule		asteriscurilor