alabaster

== English == === Alternative forms === alabastre (obsolete) alablaster (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English alabastre, from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (“box for perfumes or unguents”), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase without handles for storing perfumes”). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (“vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”). The Latin suffix -aster is unrelated, but may have influenced the spelling of the borrowing from Ancient Greek (whence a direct loan could have been rendered as *alabastrus). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæl.əˌbɑːs.tə/, /ˈæl.əˌbæs.tə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/ Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ) === Noun === alabaster (usually uncountable, plural alabasters) A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. (historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded. An off-white colour, like that of alabaster. ==== Derived terms ==== alabasterlike Nottingham alabaster ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === alabaster (not comparable) Made of alabaster. Resembling alabaster; white, pale, smooth, translucent. Synonym: alabastrine ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === alabaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === alabastre == Danish == === Noun === alabaster c or n alternative form of alabast == Latin == === Alternative forms === alabastrum === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase without handles for storing perfumes”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.ɫaˈbas.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.laˈbas.ter] === Noun === alabaster m (genitive alabastrī); second declension a box, tapering to a point at the top, for perfumes or unguents ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “alabaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alabaster”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “alabaster”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3] == Middle English == === Noun === alabaster alternative form of alabastre == Polish == === Alternative forms === alabastr (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish alabastyr. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -astɛr Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧ter === Noun === alabaster m inan (mineralogy) alabaster (fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum) kopalnia alabastru ― an alabaster mine (zrobiony, wykonany) z alabastru ― (made) of/from/out of alabaster alabaster object ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === alabaster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN alabaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “alabaster”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Teresa Sokołowska (14.01.2022), “ALABASTR, ALABASTER, *HALABASTER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “alabaster”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “alabaster”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alabaster”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 21 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin alabaster. === Noun === alabaster m inan (Cyrillic spelling алабастер) alabaster Synonyms: alabastar, ubjel == Silesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish alabastyr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.laˈbas.tɛr/ Rhymes: -astɛr Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧ter === Noun === alabaster m inan (mineralogy) alabaster (fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum) sawdust mixed with glue, used to seal holes in wood === Further reading === Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “alabaster”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 16 == Swedish == === Noun === alabaster c alabaster ==== Declension ==== === References === alabaster in Svensk ordbok (SO) alabaster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) alabaster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)