coster

See also: Coster

English

Noun

coster (plural costers)

2. 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.

3. (obsolete) A costard: a large apple good for cooking; any apple.
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.

Derived terms

• costerdom
• tawny coster

Anagrams

• torces, c-store, corset, sector, rectos, scoter, Tresco, Cortes, recost, Ectors, Certos, scrote, escort

Catalan

Etymology

From costa +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kusˈte̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [kosˈte]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kusˈte]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kosˈteɾ]

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

• “coster”, 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

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cōnstāre.

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

• couster

Etymology

From Latin cōnstāre.

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	—

Descendants

• Middle French: couster
  • French: coûter
• Norman: couôter, coûtaïr (Guernsey)
• → Dutch: kosten
• → Middle English: costen
  • English: cost
  • Scots: cost
• → Middle High German: kosten
  • Cimbrian: khostan, khòstan (Sette Comuni)
  • German: kosten
  • Mòcheno: kosten