# ostra
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, from Latin ostrea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔs.tɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɔs.tɾa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ostra f (plural ostres)
* 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.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ostra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈostɾa/, [ˈos̪.t̪ɾa]
* Hyphenation: os‧tra

### Noun

ostra
* oyster

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈostɾa̝/

### Noun

ostra f (plural ostras)
* 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 [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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

## Latin
### Noun

ostra
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ostrum

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

ostra f (definite singular ostra, indefinite plural ostrer or ostror, definite plural ostrene or ostrone)
* definite singular of ostre (non-standard since 2012)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of ostre

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔs.tra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔstra
* Syllabification: os‧tra

### Adjective

ostra
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of ostry

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈos.tɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈos.tɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈoʃ.tɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈos.tɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈoʃ.tɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: os‧tra

### Noun

ostra f (plural ostras)
* oyster (mollusk)

#### Hypernyms

* bivalve, molusco

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: ostra
* → Spanish: ostra

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, inherited from Latin ostrea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈostɾa/ [ˈos.t̪ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ostɾa
* Syllabification: os‧tra

### Noun

ostra f (plural ostras)
* oyster

#### Derived terms

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

### Further reading

* “ostra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10