alminar

Spanish

alminar

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Turkish minare (“minaret”), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almiˈnaɾ/ [al.miˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧mi‧nar

Noun

alminar m (plural alminares)

1. minaret

   Synonym: minarete

Further reading

• “alminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014