אויסטער

Yiddish

Etymology

If not a recent borrowing from English oyster: With phonetic adaptation (German -au- = Yiddish -oy-) from German Auster, from Middle Low German ūster, from Middle Dutch oester, from Latin ostrea.

Noun

אויסטער • (oyster) m, plural אויסטערס‎ (oysters)

  1. oyster (bivalve)
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