ostra

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, from Latin ostrea.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔs.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈɔs.tɾa]

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ostra f (plural ostres)

1. oyster

• “ostra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Spanish ostra.

ostra

1. oyster

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈostɾa̝/

ostra f (plural ostras)

1. oyster
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten as ostras eschousas a seis dineiros cada libra. Iten das ostras cascudas quatro a o dineiro.

     Item, open oysters, six diñeiros each pound. Item, oysters with shell, four each diñeiro

• ostreiro

• “ostra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ostra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ostra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ostra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ostra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

ostra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ostrum

ostra f (definite singular ostra, indefinite plural ostrer or ostror, definite plural ostrene or ostrone)

1. definite singular of ostre (non-standard since 2012)
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ostre

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.tra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔstra
• Syllabification: os‧tra

ostra

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ostry

From Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

• Hyphenation: os‧tra

ostra f (plural ostras)

1. oyster (mollusk)

• bivalve, molusco

• → Catalan: ostra
• → Spanish: ostra

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, inherited from Latin ostrea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈostɾa/ [ˈos.t̪ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -ostɾa
• Syllabification: os‧tra

ostra f (plural ostras)

1. oyster

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