alcázar
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Latin castrum. Doublet of castro and castillo.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈkaθaɾ/ [alˈka.θaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alˈkasaɾ/ [alˈka.saɾ]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθaɾ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asaɾ
- Syllabification: al‧cá‧zar
Noun[edit]
alcázar m (plural alcázares)
- alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)
- (by extension) citadel, castle, fortified town
- (nautical) quarterdeck
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “alcázar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms borrowed from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθaɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθaɾ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/asaɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/asaɾ/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Nautical
- es:Buildings
- es:Spain