Asterisk

//ˈæstəɹɪsk//

Synonyms for "asterisk" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
asteriscus

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
footnote

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)
starstar-cover
Verb(1 words)
star

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More general

5 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

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dbpedia genre

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6 entries

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is a

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related to

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Translations

126 translations across 76 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Albanian

1 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀστερίσκος noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إِجَّامَة noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • نُجَيْمَة noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աստղանիշ noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Asturian

1 entries
  • asteriscu noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ulduz noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Basque

1 entries
  • istartxo noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • астэры́ск noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • зо́рачка noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • звезди́чка noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ခရေပွင့် noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Catalan

1 entries
  • asterisc noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 星號 /星号 noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 星號 /星号 noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Czech

1 entries
  • hvězdička noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Danish

2 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • stjerne noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Dutch

2 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • sterretje noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • སྐར་རྟགས noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • asterisko noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • steleto noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Estonian

2 entries
  • tärn noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • tärnike noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Faroese

1 entries
  • asteriksur noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asteriski noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • asteriski noun (instrument with radiating arms placed over the diskos used during the Eucharist)
  • tahra noun (blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement)
  • tähti noun (small star; something resembling or shaped like a star)

French

1 entries
  • astérisque noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Galician

1 entries
  • asterisco noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ვარსკვლავი noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

German

3 entries
  • Asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • Asteriskus noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • Sternchen noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Greek

1 entries
  • αστερίσκος noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כּוֹכָבִית noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Hindi

2 entries
  • तारक noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • सितारा noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • csillag noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • stjörnumerki noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Ido

2 entries
  • asterisko noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • steleto noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • asteris noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • bintang noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • tanda bintang noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • asterisco noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • سِتارِه noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Irish

1 entries
  • réalta noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Italian

1 entries
  • asterisco noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アスタリスク noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • アステリスク noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • スター noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • 星印 noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • астериск noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жұлдызша noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Korean

2 entries
  • 별표 noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • 애스터리스크 noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жылдызча noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Latin

1 entries
  • asterīscus noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Latvian

1 entries
  • zvaigznīte noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • asteriskas noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • žvaigždutė noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • ѕве́здичка noun (small star; something resembling or shaped like a star)
  • ѕве́здичка noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Malay

1 entries
  • tanda bintang noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Maltese

1 entries
  • asteriks noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Norman

2 entries
  • astérisque noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • êtaile noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • stjerne noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • stjerne noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یلدز noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Polish

3 entries
  • asterysk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • gwiazdka noun (small star; something resembling or shaped like a star)
  • gwiazdka noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • asterisco noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਤਾਰਾ noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Romanian

2 entries
  • asterisc noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • steluță noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Russian

4 entries
  • астери́ск noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • звезди́ца noun (instrument with radiating arms placed over the diskos used during the Eucharist)
  • звёздочка noun (small star; something resembling or shaped like a star)
  • звёздочка noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • reul noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • zvjèzdica noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • zvèzdica noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • ȁsterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • а̏стериск noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hviezdička noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zvezdica noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Spanish

1 entries
  • asterisco noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Swedish

1 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • talantanda noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ситора noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • ситорача noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Tamil

1 entries
  • உடுக்குறி noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Thai

1 entries
  • ดอกจัน noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Turkish

4 entries
  • asterisk noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • yıldız noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • yıldız imi noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • yıldız işareti noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • астери́ск noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • зі́рочка noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Urdu

1 entries
  • سِتارَہ noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • يۇلتۇزچە noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • yulduzcha noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • dấu hoa thị noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • dấu sao noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Volapük

2 entries
  • stelül noun (small star; something resembling or shaped like a star)
  • stelül noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Welsh

2 entries
  • seren noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • serennig noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • שטערנדל noun (star-shaped symbol *; something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol)
  • באַשטערנדלען verb (to mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*) — see also star)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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They don't know how to use an asterisk.

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The footnotes are marked with an asterisk.

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What's the meaning of an asterisk in a regular expression?

Source: tatoeba (10978813)

Add one Ray unto the common Luſtre; add not only to the Number but the Note of thy Generation; and prove not a Cloud but an Aſteriſk in thy Region.

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