castor

See also: Castor

English

Etymology 1

From Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːs.tə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːstə(r)
  • Homophone: caster

Noun

castor (plural castors)

  1. A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
  2. A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor.
  3. A caster; a container with perforated cap for sprinkling (e.g. pepper-castor).
  4. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
  5. castoreum
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Etymology 2

Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.

Noun

castor (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.
Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for castor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

  1. beaver

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin castor.

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

  1. beaver

Further reading

French

castor

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas.tɔʁ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Homophone: castors

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

  1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

Synonyms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

  1. beaver

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.tor/, [ˈkas.tɔr]

Noun

castor m (genitive castoris); third declension

  1. beaver

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative castor castorēs
genitive castoris castorum
dative castorī castoribus
accusative castorem castorēs
ablative castore castoribus
vocative castor castorēs

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Descendants

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References

  • castor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • castor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • castor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • castor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • castor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • castor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

  1. (Jersey) beaver

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

  1. beaver

Romanian

Castori

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor and its source, Latin castor, from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr).

Noun

castor m (plural castori)

  1. beaver

Declension

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

  1. beaver
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