asterisc

asterisc (plural asteriscs)

1. (chiefly archaic) Alternative spelling of asterisk.
   • [1849, M. J. B. Silvestre, “Plate LXI. Square Uncial Greek Writing. IVth. or Vth. Century. Fragments of the Greek Pentateuch, in the Bibliothèque Royale.”, in Frederic Madden, transl., Universal Palæography: Or, Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods, […], volume I, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, page 163:

     There is no punctuation, but three signs are used, namely, 1st, the asterisc (※); 2nd, the obelus (—:); and 3rd, the two dots (:). The asteriscs indicate the words of the Hebrew text, not admitted by the Seventy into their Greek version, which words are included between the asterisc and the two dots; […]

     Used to refer to a different symbol.]

   • 1869, “Notices Useful to the Foreigner”, in One Week at Venice: Illustrated Guide for Visiting Every Thing Worthy of Consideration, Venice: Colombo Coen’s New Library, […], →OCLC, page 128:

     The Hôtels marked with one asterisc are Restaurants also. Those marked with two asteriscs have Table d'Hôte.

   • 2012, Úrsula Flores-Perez, Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion, “Carotenoids”, in Andrew Salter, Helen Wiseman, Gregory Tucker, editors, Phytonutrients, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, figure 3.2 caption, page 94:

     Data were collected from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Nutrition Coordination Center (NCC) Carotenoid Database (Holden et al., 1999) and correspond to raw foods unless indicated with an asterisc (cooked) or two asteriscs (canned).

• Castries, scariest

Borrowed from Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.təˈɾisk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [as.teˈɾisk]

asterisc m (plural asteriscs or asteriscos)

1. asterisk (the symbol *)

• “asterisc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “asterisc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “asterisc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “asterisc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French astérisque.

asterisc n (plural asteriscuri)

1. asterisk