astor

Inherited from Vulgar Latin acceptōrem, modification of Latin accipiter (“hawk”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈtor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [asˈtor]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

astor m (plural astors)

1. the northern goshawk

   Synonym: falcó perdiguer

2. buzzard

   Synonym: aligot

• • astor comú
  • astorar
  • astoret

• Açores

• “astor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• ator

From French astheure (“now”). Compare Louisiana Creole astœr.

astor

1. (Saint-Domingue) now

   Astor mo va alé. ― I will go now.

• S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île