different between duster vs auster

English

Etymology

From dust +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?st?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?st?/

Noun

duster (plural dusters)

1. An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
2. Someone who dusts.
3. A light, loose-fitting long coat.
4. (paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
5. (milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
6. (oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
7. (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.
8. (Philippines) A sundress.
9. (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.
10. (baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.

Translations

Further reading

• duster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• duster (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• duster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Studer, deturs, durste, rudest, rusted, strude, uderts

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?st?/

Adjective

duster (comparative dusterer or dustrer, superlative am dustersten)

1. Alternative form of düster

Derived terms

• stockduster
• zappenduster

Further reading

• “duster” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

duster m

1. indefinite plural of dust

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st?(?)/, /??st?(?)/

Noun

auster

1. The south wind.

Synonyms

• southerly
• ostro

Antonyms

• boreas

Translations

References

• auster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Sauter, Sutera, Tauers, Uretas, sauter, urates

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aust?rus.

Adjective

auster (feminine austera, masculine plural austers, feminine plural austeres)

1. austere

Derived terms

• austerament

Related terms

• austeritat

Further reading

• “auster” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “auster” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “auster” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “auster” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Latin aur?ra, English east.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?au?s.ter/, [?äu?s?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?au?s.ter/, [??u?st??r]

Noun

auster m (genitive austr?); second declension

1. The south wind
2. south (compass direction)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Synonyms

• (south wind): mer?di?s

Antonyms

• (north wind): bore?s, septentri?

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: austru
• Italian: ostro
  • ? English: ostro
• Old French: ostre
• Romanian: austru
• Spanish: austro

References

• auster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auster in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auster in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse austr.

Noun 1

auster m (definite singular austeren, indefinite plural austrar, definite plural austrane)

1. an act of scooping up something
2. (amount of) water which should be drained from a boat

Noun 2

auster f (definite singular austra, indefinite plural austrer, definite plural austrene)

1. a big ladle

Related terms

• ausa, ause (verb)

References

• “auster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French austère, from Latin austerus.

Adjective

auster m or n (feminine singular auster?, masculine plural austeri, feminine and neuter plural austere)

1. austere

Declension

Related terms

• austeritate