See also: ✱ ,
ᚕ ,
٭ ,
𐠂 ,
𐠀 ,
★ ,
✶ ,
✴ ,
꙳ ,
ᕯ , and ⁂
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Text style isforced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
* (English symbol name asterisk )
( alchemy ) Sal ammoniac (6 or 8 point).
( astronomy ) Astar (5 or 6 point).
( Internet slang ) Alternative form of* * ( “ encloses an interpretation ” )
I can't see anything! – Hold on a second…* turns the light on
( computing ) Used as amultiplication symbol;× .
( regular expressions ) Used as awildcard todetect zero ormore occurrences of thepreceding element .
The stringab* c
matches “ac”, “abc”, “abbc”, “abbbc”, and so on.
( mathematics )
( algebra ) Complex ortranspose conjugate ;conjugate .
( algebra , computer science ) Free monoid orKleene star .
In the language defined byAB* A
,each string starts with an A, ends with a distinct A, and between them has zero or more Bs.
( linear algebra , functional analysis ) Dual space .
( meteorology ) Snow (6 point).
( particle physics ) Used to designate a resonance.
( IPA ) a reserved symbol with no set meaning, that needs to be defined by the transcriber. May be used as a letter or as a diacritic.
( linguistics )
( descriptivelinguistics ) Used before a term (such as a word, phrase, or sentence) to show that it isgrammatically incorrect ,or in some other wayill-formed .
Coordinate term: **
English prepositions come before the associated noun: we sayShe lives in Rome ,not* She lives Rome in .
Roots like* bep- were not allowed in Proto-Indo-European.
( historical linguistics ) Used before or after a term to denote that it is onlyhypothesized and not actuallyattested .
When used before a term: that the term has beenreconstructed by alinguist ,on the basis ofcomparative method or bycomparing other reconstructed terms, as theplausible ancestor form of anexisting ,attested term in one or morelanguages .
Coordinate term: **
His theory of the Proto-Slavic* kъniga being ultimately derived from Chinese, via the middle form* kūinig ,reflecting ancient routes of cultural influx from the East, has not gained a firm ground in the Slavicist circles in the last century.
When used after a term: that the term is actually attested, but not in itscitation form that is being mentioned.
PIE* ḱonk- yielded Vedicśaṅk-ate “worries, hesitates”, as well as pre-Germanic* kank- ,whence also Gothichāhan * “to hang”.
When used before a symbol representing aphoneme :that the phoneme is reconstructed on the basis of comparative method.
Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives:* /f/,* /þ/, and* /h/.
When used before a symbol representing a sound value: that the sound value is hypothesized.
Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives, possibly representing* [ɸ],* [θ], and* [x].
( music ) Apointing mark inAnglican chant ,which marks a place in thetext where an extrabreath should be taken, resulting in a briefpause .
Coordinate terms: | ,' ,: ,⋅ ,— ,‖ ,†
( multiplication symbol ) : × ,x ,·
( antonym(s) of “ multiplication symbol ” ) : : ,/ ,÷
( multiplication symbol ) : + ,- ,/ ,% ,^ ,**
* * ( encloses text for emphasis )
( astronomy ) : V* ,Cl*
( multiplication symbol ) : **
( wildcard ) : *.*
( linguistics ) : **
*
Used tocensor sections ofobscene orprofane words.
( Internet slang ) Used to censor non-offensive words to treat them as insulting or profane.
wh* te "people"
Used in adictionary or similar work to indicate across-reference to anotherentry .
2014 ,The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar ,2nd edition (in English), Oxford:Oxford University Press ,→ISBN ,page25 :analysis The process of breaking up *words,* phrases,* clauses,* sentences,* constructions, etc. into their* constituent parts.
Used at the beginning of afootnote ,especially if it is the only one on the page, and after a word, phrase, or sentence that this footnote relates to.
( by extension ) Used at the beginning of aclarifying statement ordisclaimer ,especially if it is the only one on the page.
2022 August 5, “Monkeypox 2022 U.S. Map & Case Count”, in[ United States] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [1] ,archived fromthe original on2022-08-05 :Total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases: 7,102* One Florida case is listed here but included in the United Kingdom case counts because the individual was tested while in the UK.
( cricket ) Used to marks ascore orstatistic that isincomplete ,such as the score of abatsman who is (or was)not out .
( chieflycomputing ) Uses especially in computing.
Used as awildcard to denote zero or morecharacters .
trans* ―transgender ortranssexual
( Internet ) Used to indicate afield of aform that must befilled out .
( Internet slang ) Used before or after a word to show a correction has been made, chiefly by the same participant.
I'm our of time. /* out
( genealogy ) Used before a date to denote that it is abirthdate .
Used to indicateemphasis ,see * * .
Used to form adinkus , * * *,orasterism , ⁂ .
The English names of the mark areasterisk andstar .
In Internet slang, when two or more corrections are made, one may add a * with each correction.
I just got back from Sarcamento /* Sacarmento /** Sacramento
( in censoring ) : ■ ,—
( footnote ) : † ,‡ ,§ ,‖ ,¶
( as wildcard ) : %
( genealogy ) : °
( antonym(s) of “ genealogy ” ) : † /✝ /+ (French)
( beginning a footnote ) : † ,‡ ,** ,[numbers]
( as wildcard ) : ?
( genealogy ) : ⚭ /✕ ,⚮ ,⚵ (German)
( grammatically incorrect ) : ?
*
( text messaging ) Star .
ur a* ! ―You’re astar !
( text messaging ) Used to replace the sounds/stɑː(ɹ)/ (star) in any word that has this pronunciation or similar.
* t ―start
* fish ―starfish
* g8 ―stargate
( astronomy ) * :Astar (also✶ or⚹ ).
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( nonstandard ) theGendersternchen ;Used to separatemultiple gendered inflections ingender-neutral writing.
2020 February 23, Alexander Diehl, “Hamburger Küche: Aal kann – muss aber nicht”, inDie Tageszeitung: taz [2] ,→ISSN :Aber genauer besehen sind sie in Hamburg ja Lutheraner* innen, und Luther war das Leibliche so fern nun wieder nicht. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
In speech either expanded (Spieler*in →Spieler oder Spielerin ), or realized with aglottal stop /ˈʃpiːləʁʔɪn/ .
Issues can arise with some forms, compare:
Freunde m pl ,Freundinnen f pl →Freund*innen ,where thee of the masculine term is dropped and it's notFreunde*innen
Arzt m ,Ärztin f →Ärzt*in ,where the umlaut-lessA is not present
ein Abgeordneter m ,eine Abgeordnete f →ein*e Abgeordnete*r ,where the feminine-likeein*e occurs together with the masculine-likeAbgeordnete*r
: ( as inFreund:innen ;nonstandard, rare )
_ ( as inFreund_innen ;nonstandard )
/ ( as inFreund/innen ;nonstandard, proscribed )
/ - ( as inMitarbeiter/-innen )
() ( as inMitarbeiter(innen) )
(m/w/d)( as inMitarbeiter (m/w/d) )
capitalI in-in ( “ feminine suffix ” ) ( as inFreundInnen ;nonstandard, proscribed )
"gender-neutral ",butbinary only: