asterisco

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

• IPA^(key): /a.steˈri.sko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: a‧ste‧rì‧sco

asterisco m (plural asterischi)

1. asterisk

• asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

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

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

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku]

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

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

• “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), used in manuscripts to mark passages.

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

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk
2. (Argentina, Mexico, slang) anus

• “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014