altare

== Afrikaans == === Noun === altare plural of altaar == Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin altāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈta.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: al‧tà‧re === Noun === altare m (plural altari, diminutive altarino) altar ==== Derived terms ==== altare maggiore ==== Descendants ==== → Ma'di: ãlĩtárĩ === References === === Further reading === altare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary altare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Altera, Telara, altera, realtà, talare == Latin == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== altāre present active infinitive of altō === Etymology 2 === Possibly from adoleō (“to burn (as an offering)”), influenced by altus (“high, tall”). ==== Alternative forms ==== (post-Classical or Late Latin) altar, altārium ==== Noun ==== altāre n (genitive altāris); third declension altar, fitting for burnt offerings ===== Usage notes ===== In Classical Latin, mainly used as plural form altāria. See other forms altar and altārium. ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). ===== Descendants ===== === References === === Further reading === “altare”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “altare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === alter === Noun === altāre m or n altar ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== West Frisian: alter == Swahili == === Etymology === Presumably borrowed from English altar, although the preservation of the rhotic may indicate a form created by missionaries under the influence of Latin altare. === Pronunciation === === Noun === altare class IX (plural altare class X) altar == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre. === Noun === altare n altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “altare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) altare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === latare, talare