ostra

See also: östra, and ostrą

Catalan

Etymology

From Portuguese ostra, from Latin ostrea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔs.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔs.tɾa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ostra f (plural ostres)

1. oyster

Derived terms

• ostra japonesa
• ostra perlera
• ostra portuguesa
• ostra vermella
• ostrer
• ostrera

 

Further reading

• “ostra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ostra.

Noun

ostra

1. oyster

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈostɾa̝/

Noun

ostra f (plural ostras)

1. oyster
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten as ostras eschousas a seis dineiros cada libra. Iten das ostras cascudas quatro a o dineiro.

     Item, open oysters, six diñeiros each pound. Item, oysters with shell, four each diñeiro

Derived terms

• ostreiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ostra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ostra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ostra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ostra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ostra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ostra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ostrum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ostra f (definite singular ostra, indefinite plural ostrer or ostror, definite plural ostrene or ostrone)

1. definite singular of ostre (non-standard since 2012)
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ostre

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Polish

Adjective

ostra

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ostry

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Portuguese

ostra

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈoʃ.tɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈoʃ.tɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: os‧tra

Noun

ostra f (plural ostras)

1. oyster (mollusk)

Hypernyms

• bivalve, molusco

Descendants

• → Catalan: ostra
• → Spanish: ostra

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, inherited from Latin ostrea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈostɾa/ [ˈos.t̪ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

Noun

ostra f (plural ostras)

1. oyster

Derived terms

• aburrirse como una ostra
• champiñón ostra
• ostrería
• ostrero
• salsa de ostras

Further reading

• “ostra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28