alabastre
English
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Catalan
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alabastre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aləˈbastrə/, /aləˈbastər/, /aləˈblastər/
References
- “alabastre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Alternative forms
- aubastre, alabaustre, albastre
Etymology
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
alabastre oblique singular, m (oblique plural alabastres, nominative singular alabastres, nominative plural alabastre)
Descendants
- Middle French: albastre
- French: albâtre
- → Middle English: alabastre, alabaster, alabaustre, alablastre, allabauster
- English: alabaster
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