alnus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *alznos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos, from *h₂élis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.nus] === Noun === alnus m or f (genitive alnī); second declension alder (tree) (by extension) anything made of alder wood; a ship, vessel or boat. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== alneus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “alnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "alnus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “alnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.