alcázar

See also: alcazar and Alcazar

English

Noun

alcázar (plural alcázars)

1. Alternative form of alcazar (“Moorish fortress in Spain”)
   • 1770, Joseph Baretti, A Journey from London to Genoa through England, Portugal, Spain and France, volume II, page 207:

     The Alcázar was then in good condition, and inhabited by a Spaniſh queen.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Latin castrum. Doublet of castro and castillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈkaθaɾ/ [alˈka.θaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈkasaɾ/ [alˈka.saɾ]
• Rhymes: -aθaɾ
• Rhymes: -asaɾ
• Syllabification: al‧cá‧zar

Noun

alcázar m (plural alcázares)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)
2. (by extension) citadel, castle, fortified town
3. (nautical) quarterdeck

Related terms

• alcazaba

 

Descendants

• → English: alcazar
• → French: alcazar
• → Polish: alkazar

Further reading

• “alcázar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16