azbest

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈazbɛst]

Noun

azbest m inan

  1. asbestos

Declension

Further reading

  • azbest in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • azbest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, unquenchable, inextinguishable), from ἀ- (a-, not) + σβέννυμι (sbénnumi, I quench, quell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaz.bɛst/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -azbɛst
  • Syllabification: az‧best

Noun

azbest m inan

  1. asbestos
    Synonym: (possibly) abaston
    azbest chryzotylowywhite asbestos

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • azbest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • azbest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French asbeste.

Noun

azbest n (uncountable)

  1. asbestos

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎzbest/
  • Hyphenation: az‧best

Noun

àzbest m (Cyrillic spelling а̀збест)

  1. (uncountable) asbestos

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈazbest]

Noun

azbest m inan (genitive singular azbestu, nominative plural azbesty, genitive plural azbestov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. asbestos

Declension

References

  • azbest”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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