abside

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See also: ábside

Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish ábside (apse), French abside (apse).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /abs̺ide/ [aβ̞.s̺i.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: ab‧si‧de

Noun[edit]

abside inan

  1. (architecture) apse

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "abside" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ap.sid/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

abside f (plural absides)

  1. (architecture) apse

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin absidae, a blend of Latin absis, absidis +‎ Ancient Greek ἁψίς, ἁψῖδος (hapsís, hapsîdos, arch, vault).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “(likely Mediaeval) Latin entry should be made”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈab.si.de/
  • Rhymes: -abside
  • Hyphenation: àb‧si‧de

Noun[edit]

abside m (plural absidi)

  1. (architecture) apse

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • abside on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • abside in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

abside f (plural absides)

  1. (architecture) apse (semicircular projection from a building)