Learned borrowing fromLate Latinasteriscus, itself a borrowing fromAncient Greekἀστερίσκος(asterískos,“a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive ofἀστήρ(astḗr,“a star”); seeLatinaster.

• IPA^(key): /as.te.ʁisk/

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• Homophone:astérisques
• Hyphenation:as‧té‧risque

astérisque m (pluralastérisques)

1. asterisk (punctuation symbol)

• → Dutch:asterisk
• → Romanian:asterisc

• “astérisque”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012

• séquestrai

FromLate Latinasteriscus, fromAncient Greekἀστερίσκος(asterískos,“little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive ofἀστήρ(astḗr,“star”).

astérisque m (pluralastérisques)

1. (Jersey)asterisk(punctuation mark)

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