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-aster

-aster

See also: aster, Aster, and áster

English

Suffix

-aster

  1. Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-aster'>English words suffixed with -aster</a>

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From suffix originally forming Ancient Greek nouns from verbs ending in -άζειν (-ázein).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-aster m (genitive -astrī); second declension

  1. suffix of nouns, expressing incomplete resemblance, hence generally pejorative.
Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative -aster -astrī
genitive -astrī -astrōrum
dative -astrō -astrīs
accusative -astrum -astrōs
ablative -astrō -astrīs
vocative -aster1 -astrī

1May also be -astre.

Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-aster'>Latin words suffixed with -aster</a>