oyster
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae,…Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
» Can you eat raw oysters?
Kannst du rohe Austern essen? — Zaghawa
Könnt ihr rohe Austern essen? — Zaghawa
Können Sie rohe Austern essen? — Zaghawa
Вы можете есть сырых устриц? — Balamax
Можно ли есть сырые устрицы? — astru
Можна їсти сирі устриці? — deniko
Сирі устриці можна їсти? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 sensesAny of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
Auster, Auster
у́стрицаústrica, у́стрицаústrica
у́стрицяústrycja
The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
Pfaffenschnittchen, Pfaffenstückchen
a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
Any of the fungi in the genera Pleurotus, Hohenbuehelia, or other related genera.
A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
(colloquial)A person who keeps secrets.
за́мкнутый челове́кzámknutyj čelovék
(figuratively)Something at one's disposal.
(UK, slang)A shoplifter.
Examples
69 sentencesCan you eat raw oysters?
Можна їсти сирі устриці? — deniko
ruВы можете есть сырых устриц? — Balamax
deKannst du rohe Austern essen? — Zaghawa
I regret eating those oysters.
Я жалкую, що з'їв ті устриці. — ChickenKiev
Oysters don't agree with me.
Мені стає погано від устриць. — Ahha
I think he ate about 10 oysters.
ruДумаю, он съел около десяти устриц. — marafon
deIch glaube, er aß um die zehn Austern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom never should've eaten those oysters.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-NormFrom Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”).
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Forms
plural: oystersSynonyms
1 synonyms- edible body of any of numerous oysters:huitre