pinaster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pīnaster (“a wild pine”).

Noun

pinaster (plural pinasters)

A maritime pine, species Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pinaster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Parentis, painters, pantries, pertains, pine tars, pristane, repaints, star pine, terapins

Latin

Etymology

From pīn(us) (“pine”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /piːˈnas.ter/, [piːˈnas.tɛr]

Noun

pīnaster m (genitive pīnastrī); second declension

wild pine

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pīnaster	pīnastrī
Genitive	pīnastrī	pīnastrōrum
Dative	pīnastrō	pīnastrīs
Accusative	pīnastrum	pīnastrōs
Ablative	pīnastrō	pīnastrīs
Vocative	pīnaster	pīnastrī

References

pinaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pinaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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