alabastre

== English == === Adjective === alabastre (not comparable) Obsolete form of alabaster. === Noun === alabastre (usually uncountable, plural alabastres) Obsolete form of alabaster. === Anagrams === alabaster == Catalan == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈβas.tɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈbas.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈbas.tɾe] === Noun === alabastre m (plural alabastres) alabaster ==== Derived terms ==== alabastrí === Further reading === “alabastre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === alabaster, alabaustre, alablastre, allabauster === Etymology === From Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aləˈbastrə/, /aləˈbastər/, /aləˈblastər/ === Noun === alabastre (uncountable) alabaster alabaster box ==== Descendants ==== English: alabaster Scots: alabaster === References === “alabastre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Alternative forms === aubastre, alabaustre, albastre === Etymology === From Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros). This form was probably taken as a semi-learned term. Cf. also the variant aubastre, which may represent a more popular form. === Noun === alabastre oblique singular, m (oblique plural alabastres, nominative singular alabastres, nominative plural alabastre) alabaster ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: albastre French: albâtre → Middle English: alabastre, alabaster, alabaustre, alablastre, allabauster English: alabaster