alabastre
English edit
Adjective edit
alabastre (not comparable)
Noun edit
alabastre (usually uncountable, plural alabastres)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Probably 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): (Valencian) [a.laˈbas.tɾe]
audio (Valencian) (file)
Noun edit
alabastre m (plural alabastres)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alabastre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alabastre (uncountable)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “alabastre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
alabastre 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