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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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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