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âtre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aster noun A garden plant with daisy-like flowers, typically purple, pink, or white, that bloom in late summer and autumn.
  • ate noun An older sister, or a respectful way of addressing a woman who is older than you, even if she is not a blood relative.
  • fireplace noun An open recess at the base of a chimney where a fire is built for heat.
  • hearth noun The floor or area around a fireplace, often used to represent home and family life.
  • ish adverb (informal) Somewhat, roughly, or approximately.

Senses

âtre is used for these senses in English:

  • aster Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.
  • ate (obsolete) formed, up until Early Modern English (later seldom used but archaically, in poetry, or in religious writings), regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate, alternatively used alongside -ated from as early as Middle English
  • ish (of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.
  • fireplace An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
  • hearth A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.

aster — full definition

  1. noun A garden plant with daisy-like flowers, typically purple, pink, or white, that bloom in late summer and autumn.
  2. noun A star-shaped structure of fibers that forms inside a cell during division.

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