-astro

See also: Astro, astro, and astro-

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -aster, French -âtre, Italian -astro, Portuguese -astro/Spanish -astro, all ultimately from Latin -aster and -astrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈastro/

Suffix

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-astro

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a someone inferior or worthless; -aster

   ‎poeta (“poet”) + ‎-astro → ‎poetastro (“poetaster”)

   ‎judice (“judge”) + ‎-astro → ‎judicastro (“incompetent judge”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; step-

   ‎patre (“father”) + ‎-astro → ‎patrastro (“stepfather”)

   ‎filia (“daughter”) + ‎-astra → ‎filiastra (“stepdaughter”)

Usage notes

• This suffix is used to indicate males, the coordinate female suffix being -astra.

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -astro not found

References

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -astrum,^[1] accusative singular of -aster. Cognate to French -âtre and Spanish -astro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.stro/
• Rhymes: -astro
• Hyphenation: -à‧stro

Suffix

-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astri, feminine -astra)

1. used to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster

   ‎giovine (“young”) + ‎-astro → ‎giovinastro (“youngster”)

   ‎poeta (“poet”) + ‎-astro → ‎poetastro (“poetaster”)

2. step-

   ‎fratello (“brother”) + ‎-astro → ‎fratellastro (“stepbrother”)

   ‎sorella (“sister”) + ‎-astra → ‎sorellastra (“stepsister”)

   ‎figlio (“son”) + ‎-astro → ‎figliastro (“stepson”)

Suffix

-astro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -astra, masculine plural -astri, feminine plural -astre)

1. appended to a colour/color; -ish

   ‎bianco (“white”) + ‎-astro → ‎biancastro (“whitish”)

   ‎nero (“black”) + ‎-astro → ‎nerastro (“blackish”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -astro

aquilastro

azzurrastro

biancastro

biondastro

bluastro

brunastro

cinerastro

dolciastro

filosofastro

fratellastro

furbastro

giallastro

giovinastro

grammaticastro

grigiastro

lividastro

medicastro

nerastro

olivastro

perastro

poetastro

politicastro

rosastro

rossastro

rotondastro

sordastro

spicastro

ulivastro

velocipedastro

verdastro

vincastro

violastro

References

1. “-astro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Tarso, rosta, sarto, sorta, staro, starò, tarso

Latin

Adjective

-astrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -aster

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -aster.

Suffix

-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros)

1. -aster (forms pejoratives)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -aster.

Suffix

-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros, feminine -astra, feminine plural -astras)

1. forms nouns with a pejorative or lower meaning

   ‎político (“politician”) + ‎-astro → ‎politicastro (“corrupt politician”)

   ‎hermano (“brother”) + ‎-astro → ‎hermanastro (“stepbrother”)

   ‎hijo (“son”) + ‎-astro → ‎hijastro (“stepson”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -astro

abuelastro

camastro

hermanastro

padrastro

politicastro

primastro

sobrinastro

suegrastro

Further reading

• “-astro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10