alabastro

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Esperanto

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

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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


Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) alabastrō

  1. dative singular of alabastrum
  2. ablative singular of alabastrum

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

alabastro m (plural alabastros)

  1. alabaster

See also

Further reading


Spanish

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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]

Noun

alabastro m (plural alabastros)

  1. alabaster (variety of gypsum)

Derived terms

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).

Noun

alabastro

  1. alabaster