alabastro
التعريفات والمعاني
== Esperanto ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alaˈbastro/
Rhymes: -astro
Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧tro
=== Noun ===
alabastro (accusative singular alabastron, plural alabastroj, accusative plural alabastrojn)
alabaster
==== Related terms ====
alabastra; made of alabaster, white, ghostly
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin alabastrum, or borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”).
=== Noun ===
alabastro m (plural alabastri)
(mineralogy) alabaster
==== Derived terms ====
alabastraio
=== Further reading ===
alabastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
alabastrō
dative/ablative singular of alabastrum
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
alabastro m (plural alabastros)
alabaster
==== See also ====
gipsita
=== Further reading ===
“alabastro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“alabastro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (“vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alaˈbastɾo/ [a.laˈβ̞as.t̪ɾo]
Rhymes: -astɾo
Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧tro
=== Noun ===
alabastro m (plural alabastros)
alabaster (variety of gypsum)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Tagalog: alabastro
=== Further reading ===
“alabastro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish alabastro (“alabaster”), from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (“vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”) but this is doubtful.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbastɾo/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈbas.t̪ɾo]
Rhymes: -astɾo
Syllabification: a‧la‧bas‧tro
=== Noun ===
alabastro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜊᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)
alabaster
=== Further reading ===
“alabastro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 20