ostro

Borrowed from Italian ostro. Doublet of Auster.

ostro (plural ostros)

1. A southerly Mediterranean wind.

• Auster

• Toors, stoor, torso, rotos, toros, Oorts, roost, Sorto, roots

From German auster, English oyster and Latin ostrea.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈostro/
• Rhymes: -ostro
• Hyphenation: o‧stro

ostro (accusative singular ostron, plural ostroj, accusative plural ostrojn)

1. oyster

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɔstro
• Hyphenation: ò‧stro

Inherited from Latin austrum. Cognate to English auster.

ostro m (plural ostri)

1. southerly wind; hence the south

From Latin ostrum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

ostro m (plural ostri)

1. purple (color or dye)

• ostro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• sorto, torso

ostrō

1. dative/ablative singular of ostrum

From ostry +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.trɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔstrɔ
• Syllabification: os‧tro

ostro (comparative ostrzej, superlative najostrzej)

1. sharply (able to cut easily)

   Antonym: tępo

2. hotly, spicily
3. roughly, sharply, fiercely (demanding or critical)
4. clearly, explicitly
5. high (of sound)

   Synonym: wysoko

   Antonyms: gruby, niski

6. brightly (of an object's color)
7. sharply, keenly, acutely (of emotions or senses)
8. fastly
9. sharply, steeply

   Synonym: stromo

10. severely, strongly, intensifier

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bardzo

• ostro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ostro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

óstro

1. inflection of oster:
   1. feminine accusative/instrumental singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative singular