baster

baster

See also: Baster

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English baste
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English baster

    From baste + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪstɚ/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪstə/
      • Audio (UK):(file)
    • Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

    Noun

    baster (plural basters)

    1. One who bastes.
    2. A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
      • 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots‎[1]:
        Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.

    Translations

    Anagrams

    Cornish

    Etymology

    From bas (“shallow”) +‎ -ter.

    Noun

    baster m (uncountable)

    1. shallowness

    Mutation

    Mutation of baster
    radical soft aspirate hard mixed
    baster vaster unchanged paster faster,
    vaster*

    * after 'th
    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    • “baster” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

    Middle French

    Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *bastō (“to carry; serve as a support”).

    Verb

    baster

    1. to put a packsaddle on

    Conjugation

    • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
    Conjugation of baster
    infinitive simple baster
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle1 or gerund2 simple bastant
    compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
    past participle basté
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present baste bastes baste bastons bastez bastent
    imperfect bastois, bastoys bastois, bastoys bastoit, bastoyt bastions, bastyons bastiez, bastyez bastoient, bastoyent
    past historic basta bastas basta bastasmes bastastes basterent
    future basterai, basteray basteras bastera basterons basterez basteront
    conditional basterois, basteroys basterois, basteroys basteroit, basteroyt basterions, basteryons basteriez, basteryez basteroient, basteroyent
    (compound
    tenses)         		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
    past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
    future perfect future of avoir + past participle
    conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
    subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present baste bastes baste bastons bastez bastent
    imperfect bastasse bastasses bastast bastassions bastassiez bastassent
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — baste — bastons bastez —
    compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
    1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
    2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

    Descendants

    • French: bâter

    References

    Old Polish

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Medieval Latin bastardus. First attested in 1449.

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    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bastɛːr/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /baster/

    Noun

    baster m animacy unattested (female equivalent basterka)

    1. (attested in Greater Poland) bastard (person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant)
      Synonym: bękart
      • 1921 [1449], Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editor, Procesy twórcze formowania się społeczeństwa polskiego w wiekach średnich‎[2], page 203:
        Cum spurio al. baster
        [Cum spurio al. baster]
      • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 129v:
        Spurius id est ignobilis illegitimus basthart bąster bakarth
        [Spurius id est ignobilis illegitimus basthart baster bękart]

    Descendants

    References

    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “baster”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
    • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “baster”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

    Polish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Old Polish baster
    Polish baster

      Inherited from Old Polish baster.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      baster m pers

      1. (Eastern Lublin, Łukowa) synonym of chłopiec
      2. (Near Masovian, Płock County) March lamb

      Further reading

      • Jan Karłowicz (1900), “bastrak”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 54
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