2007-03-08 14:35:00 · 8 answers · asked by jenny 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's an asterix. Usually it means "wildcard" in searches, so if you're looking for something in Yahoo search and you know the beginning of what you want, like lets say cats something, you type cats * to denote that you want to search up anything, as long as it follows the word cats, or something along those lines.
Also it means times, as in 2*3=6, on calculator, and in most programs on the computer.
2007-03-08 14:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by confuzzled 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think "astre" is a word in English. The normal word for the "*" character is "asterisk". Both are obviously related to the Latin word for "star", from which we get "astral" (i.e. related to stars) and Spanish gets "estrella" ("star").
2007-03-08 22:39:18 · answer #2 · answered by Gary B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a French word for Star.
2007-03-08 22:44:43 · answer #3 · answered by kl55000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Astre" in French means "star."
"Astro" in Greek means "star."
"Astre" therefore, means "star."
2007-03-08 22:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what an astre is....aster is a type of flower...asterix is *....astra is latin for stars.....
2007-03-08 23:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats kindof a funny word it sound like ash tray but I think it is some type of technolagy
2007-03-08 22:40:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Astre
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astures
or
I know what you mean, and cant think of the word. It has to do with being shiny, or something like that!
2007-03-08 22:55:40 · answer #7 · answered by Wendy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An asterisk is this *. Do you mean an aster?
That's a flower...
2007-03-08 22:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by Nancy P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋