altare

See also: Altare and Altäre

Afrikaans

Noun

altare

  1. plural of altaar

Italian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧tà‧re

Noun

altare m (plural altari)

  1. altar

Derived terms

  • altare maggiore

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

altāre

  1. present active infinitive of altō

Etymology 2

Probably from adolēre, influenced by altus.

Alternative forms

Noun

altāre n (genitive altāris); third declension

  1. altar, fitting for burnt offerings
Usage notes

In Classical Latin, mainly used as plural form altāria. See other forms altar and altārium.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Dalmatian: altur (or from altārium)
    • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Old Occitan:
  • West Iberian
  • Albanian: lter
  • Old French: autel, alter
  • Old Irish: altóir
  • Russian: алта́рь (altárʹ) (see there for further descendants)
  • Northern Sami: áltár
  • Basque: aldare
  • Belarusian: алтар (altar)
  • Breton: aoter
  • Chuukese: antare
  • Estonian: altar
  • Latvian: altāris
  • Lithuanian: aukuras
  • Malayalam: അൾത്താര (aḷttāra)
  • Maltese: artal
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Ukrainian: вівтар (vivtar)
  • Uzbek: altar
  • Welsh: allor

References

  • altare”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Noun

altāre m or n

  1. altar

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Swahili

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from English altar, although the preservation of the rhotic may indicate a form created by missionaries under the influence of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

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Noun

altare (n class, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

  1. altar

Swedish

altare

Etymology

From late Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

altare n

  1. altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)

Declension

Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) altaret Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) altarna
Genitive altares altarets altares altarnas
  • altarklädnad
  • altaroffer
  • altarring
  • altartavla
  • högaltare

Anagrams

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