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7-letter words (1 found)

AUSTERE,

6-letter words (13 found)

ARETES,EASTER,EATERS,REATES,RESEAT,RESEAU,RETUSE,SAETER,SEATER,STEARE,TEASER,URATES,UREASE,

5-letter words (44 found)

ARETE,ARETS,ASTER,AURES,EARST,EASER,EATER,ERASE,ESTER,RATES,RATUS,REAST,REATE,REEST,RESAT,RESET,REUSE,SAREE,SAUTE,SEARE,SETAE,STARE,STEAR,STEER,STERE,STRAE,STURE,SUETE,SURAT,SUTRA,TARES,TASER,TEARS,TEASE,TEERS,TERAS,TERES,TERSE,TREES,TRUES,URASE,URATE,UREAS,URSAE,

4-letter words (60 found)

ARES,ARET,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EASE,EAST,EATS,EAUS,ERAS,ERES,ERST,ETAS,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,RATU,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,RUES,RUSA,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SATE,SAUT,SEAR,SEAT,SEER,SERA,SERE,SETA,STAR,SUER,SUET,SURA,SURE,TAES,TARE,TARS,TASE,TAUS,TEAR,TEAS,TEER,TEES,TREE,TRES,TRUE,TSAR,UREA,URES,URSA,USER,UTAS,UTES,

3-letter words (44 found)

ARE,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,AUE,EAR,EAS,EAT,EAU,ERA,ERE,ERS,EST,ETA,RAS,RAT,REE,RES,RET,RUE,RUT,SAE,SAR,SAT,SAU,SEA,SEE,SER,SET,SUE,SUR,TAE,TAR,TAS,TAU,TEA,TEE,TES,URE,USE,UTA,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AR,AS,AT,EA,EE,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TA,TE,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 179 words from austere according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of austere

austere

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós, “bitter, harsh”), having the specific meaning "making the tongue dry" (originally used of fruits, wines), related to αὔω (aúō, “to singe”), αὖος (aûos, “dry”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /ɒˈstɪə(ɹ)/, /ɔːˈstɪə(ɹ)/
  • (US)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈstiɹ/, enPR: ôstēr′
    • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American): IPA(key): /ɑˈstiɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Adjective

austere (comparative austerer or more austere, superlative austerest or most austere)

  1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
  2. Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.

Synonyms

  • (grim or severe): stern, strict, forbidding
  • (lacking trivial decoration): simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "not lacking trivial decoration"): overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

Derived terms

  • austerity
  • austerely

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈstɛ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛre
  • Hyphenation: au‧stè‧re

Adjective

austere

  1. feminine plural of austero

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈteː.re/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːrɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈte.re/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːre]

Adjective

austēre

  1. vocative masculine singular of austērus

References

  • “austere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “austere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps related to Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation

Noun

austere f (5th declension)

  1. oyster (certain edible bivalve mollusks of the order Ostreida)
    austeru zveja ― oyster fishing
    rīt austeres ― to swallow oysters
    austeru lasītāji un lasītājas tur brida kailām kājām ― male and female oyster collectors were wading there (= in shallow water) barefoot

Declension

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austērus.

Adjective

austere m or f (plural austeres)

  1. austere; severe

Old French

Alternative forms

  • haustere
  • auster (masculine only)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austērus.

Adjective

austere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular austere)

  1. (of a flavor) acrid; bitter
  2. austere; severe

Source: wiktionary.org