Altar

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Old High German altar, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Compare German Alter, German Low German Oller, Saterland Frisian Oaler, Icelandic aldur. === Noun === Altar n (Uri) age, old age === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 72. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German alter, altære, from Old High German altāri, from Proto-West Germanic *altārī (“altar”), borrowed from Latin altāre. The form was readapted to the Latin source, partly to avoid homophony with Alter (“age”). Compare also Dutch altaar alongside archaic outer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈtaː(ɐ̯)/ === Noun === Altar m (strong, genitive Altares or Altars, plural Altäre, diminutive Altärchen n) (religion, including Christianity) altar (table or similar structure used for religious rites) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Altar”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Altar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Altar” in Duden online == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Altar m (astronomy) Ara (a constellation of the southern sky) == Romanian == === Proper noun === Altar n Ara (constellation) == Spanish == === Proper noun === Altar ? a municipality of Sonora, Mexico