alabastre
English
editAdjective
editalabastre (not comparable)
Noun
editalabastre (usually uncountable, plural alabastres)
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈβas.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈbas.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈbas.tɾe]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Noun
editalabastre m (plural alabastres)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alabastre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalabastre (uncountable)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “alabastre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros). This form was probably taken as a semi-learned term. Cf. also the variant aubastre, which may represent a more popular form.
Noun
editalabastre oblique singular, m (oblique plural alabastres, nominative singular alabastres, nominative plural alabastre)
Descendants
edit- Middle French: albastre
- French: albâtre
- → Middle English: alabastre, alabaster, alabaustre, alablastre, allabauster
- English: alabaster
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