English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-asterisk.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. Symbol (*), used to highlight a particular word or sentence, often to indicate a footnote.
2. context|sports|US A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.

#: They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.

1. biology Alternate of Asteriscus.
2. computing A wildcard symbol.

See also
Asterix

Translations
trans-top|symbol used to highlight words or sentences
Basque: istartxo
Danish: #Danish|asterisk, stjerne
Dutch: asterisk f, sterretje n
Finnish: asteriski, tähti, tähti-merkki
French: astérisque m
German: Sternchen n
Icelandic: stjörnumerki n
trans-mid
Interlingua: asterisco
Italian: asterisco m
Portuguese: asterisco m
Spanish: asterisco m
Swedish: asterisk c
Welsh: seren f
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Verb
en-verb

1. To mark with an asterisk symbol (*)

Punctuation

Danish

Noun
asterisk

1. #English|asterisk

Category:Danish nouns

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-er
asterisk c

1. #English|asterisk

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