alabastre

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EnglishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alabastre (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of alabaster.

NounEdit

alabastre (usually uncountable, plural alabastres)

1. Obsolete form of alabaster.

AnagramsEdit

• alabaster

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably a borrowing from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).

NounEdit

alabastre m (plural alabastres)

1. alabaster

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• aubastre
• alabaustre
• albastre

EtymologyEdit

From 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.

NounEdit

alabastre m (oblique plural alabastres, nominative singular alabastres, nominative plural alabastre)

1. alabaster

DescendantsEdit

• English: alabaster (borrowed)
• Middle French: albastre
  • French: albâtre