rupestre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūpestris.

Adjective

rupestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural rupestres)

1. (relational) rock

Further reading

• “rupestre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rupestre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rupestre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rupestre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūpestris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.pɛstʁ/

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Adjective

rupestre (plural rupestres)

1. rocky

   peinture rupestre ― cave painting

Further reading

• “rupestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rūpestris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈpɛ.stre/
• Rhymes: -ɛstre
• Hyphenation: ru‧pè‧stre

Adjective

rupestre (plural rupestri)

1. (relational) rock; rocky

   Synonym: roccioso

2. (botany) rupicolous (growing on or among rocks)

   Synonym: rupicolo

Derived terms

• pittura rupestre

Related terms

• rupe

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

rūpestre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of rūpestris

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rūpestris (“living on a cliff”), from rūpēs (“cliff, rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈpestɾe/ [ruˈpes.t̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -estɾe
• Syllabification: ru‧pes‧tre

Adjective

rupestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural rupestres)

1. (relational) cave

Derived terms

• pintura rupestre

 

Further reading

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