adj
Meaning 1
Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
asper
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæspə/
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General-American: /ˈæspəɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 S P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Turkish monetary unit
History
Etymology
From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).
From Middle English asper, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”).