ostro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ostro"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ostro. Doublet of Auster.

Noun

ostro (plural ostros)

  1. A southerly Mediterranean wind.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German auster, English oyster and Latin ostrea.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈostro]
  • Rhymes: -ostro
  • Hyphenation: o‧stro

Noun

ostro (accusative singular ostron, plural ostroj, accusative plural ostrojn)

  1. oyster

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.stro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstro
  • Hyphenation: ò‧stro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin austrum. Cognate to English auster.

Noun

ostro m (plural ostri)

  1. southerly wind; hence the south

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ostro m (plural ostri)

  1. purple (color or dye)

Further reading

  • ostro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

ostrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ostrum

Polish

Etymology

From ostry + -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔs.trɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔstrɔ
  • Syllabification: os‧tro

Adverb

ostro (comparative ostrzej, superlative najostrzej)

  1. sharply (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tępo
  2. hotly, spicily
  3. roughly, sharply, fiercely (demanding or critical)
  4. clearly, explicitly
  5. high (of sound)
    Synonym: wysoko
    Antonyms: gruby, niski
  6. brightly (of an object's color)
  7. sharply, keenly, acutely (of emotions or senses)
  8. fastly
  9. sharply, steeply
    Synonym: stromo
  10. severely, strongly, intensifier
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bardzo

Further reading

  • ostro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ostro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Adjective

óstro

  1. inflection of oster:
    1. feminine accusative/instrumental singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative singular
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