alabastro

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alaˈbastro]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -astro
  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧bas‧tro

Noun

alabastro (accusative singular alabastron, plural alabastroj, accusative plural alabastrojn)

  1. alabaster
    Li kopiis La Pietá de Michelangelo en alabastro.
    He copied Michaelangelo's Pietá in alabaster.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin alabastrum, or borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, vase made of alabaster).

Noun

alabastro m (plural alabastri)

  1. (mineralogy) alabaster

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alabastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

alabastrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of alabastrum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, vase made of alabaster).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbas.tɾu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.laˈbaʃ.tɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbas.tɾo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbaʃ.tɾu/ [ɐ.lɐˈβaʃ.tɾu]

Noun

alabastro m (plural alabastros)

  1. alabaster

See also

Further reading

Spanish

Cabeza de alabastro

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, vase made of alabaster). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaˈbastɾo/ [a.laˈβ̞as.t̪ɾo]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -astɾo
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧tro

Noun

alabastro m (plural alabastros)

  1. alabaster (variety of gypsum)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tagalog: alabastro

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alabastro (alabaster), from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (box for perfume made of alabaster), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, vase made of alabaster). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbastɾo/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈbas.tɾo]
  • Rhymes: -astɾo
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧tro

Noun

alabastro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜊᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. alabaster
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