estern

Catalan

Alternative forms

• estèrnum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *stér(h₃)-no-mder.

Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon)slbor.

New Latin sternumslbor.

Catalan estern

Semi-learned borrowing from New Latin sternum, a semi-learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast; chest; breastbone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əsˈte̞rn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əsˈtɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈtɛɾn]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [esˈtɛrn]
• Rhymes: (Northern) -e̞rn, (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) -ɛrn, (Valencia) -ɛɾn

Noun

estern m (plural esterns)

1. sternum

Derived terms

• esternal

Further reading

• “estern”, 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

Romanian

Adjective

estern m or n (feminine singular esternă, masculine plural esterni, feminine/neuter plural esterne)

1. obsolete form of extern

Declension

Declension of estern

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	estern		esternă	esterni	esterne
	definite	esternul		esterna	esternii	esternele
genitive- dative	indefinite	estern		esterne	esterni	esterne
	definite	esternului		esternei	esternilor	esternelor

References

• estern in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

estern

1. definite singular of ester

Anagrams

• eterns, resten, tersen