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See also:Altar,áltár,andältar

English

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Analtar in a monastery in Brandenburg, Germany

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishalter, fromOld Englishalter, taken fromLatinaltare(“altar”), probably related toadolere(“burn”); thus "burning place", influenced byaltus(“high”). Displaced nativeMiddle Englishwēved.

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Noun

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altar (pluralaltars)

  1. Atable or similarflat-toppedstructure used forreligiousrites.
    • c.1503–1512,John Skelton,Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor,John Skelton: The Complete English Poems,1983,→OCLC, page62, lines9–14:
      To hawke, or els to hunt
      From theauter to the funt,
      Wyth cry unreverent,
      Before the sacrament,
      Wythin the holy church bowndis,
      That of our fayth the grownd is.
  2. (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; thesanctuary.
  3. (figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something isworshipped orsacrificed to.
    • 2000, Alain Renaut, M. B. De Bevoise,Era of the Individual: A Contribution to a History of Subjectivity:
      […] now marking the end of ascetic rationalism, the monadology no longer implied a sacrifice of individuality on thealtar of rationality.

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Descendants

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Translations

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flat-topped structure used for religious rites

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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altár m

  1. altar

Declension

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Declension ofaltar
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativealtaraltarialtarëaltarët
accusativealtarin
dativealtarialtaritaltarëvealtarëve
ablativealtarësh

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinaltāre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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altar m (pluralaltars)

  1. altar

References

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  • “altar” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited fromSpanishaltar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈtaɾ/,[al̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Hyphenation:al‧tar

Noun

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altár

  1. altar

Cimbrian

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanalter,altære, fromOld High Germanaltāri, fromLatinaltāre. Cognate withGermanAltar.

Noun

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altar m (uncountable)

  1. (Sette Comuni)altar

References

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  • “altar” inMartalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974)Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Estonian

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Etymology

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Noun

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altar (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

  1. altar

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Further reading

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  • “altar”, in[EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009
  • “altar”, in[ÕS]Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2018,→ISBN
  • altar inSõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsealtari, fromOld Saxonaltari, fromLatinaltare(“altar”), cognate withDanishalter(“altar”).

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Noun

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altar n (genitive singularaltars, pluralaltar)

  1. altar

Declension

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n3singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativealtaraltariðaltaraltarini
accusativealtaraltariðaltaraltarini
dativealtarialtarinumaltarumaltarunum
genitivealtarsaltarsinsaltaraaltaranna

Galician

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altar, church of Saint Mary, Melide, Galicia.

Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesealtar (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinaltāre.

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Noun

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altar m (pluralaltares)

  1. altar
    Synonym:ara
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor,Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page660:
      et talloulle a cabeça dentro ẽno tẽplo, ante oaltar.
      and he cut his head inside, in the temple, before thealtar.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchaltaar, fromLatinaltāre.

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Noun

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altar (pluralaltar-altar)

  1. mass offering table
  2. mazbah (sacrificial place)
  3. (nautical term) a ladder on a ship's dock used to get up and down to and from the dock floor

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ]

Verb

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altar

  1. presentindicativeautonomous ofalt
  2. imperativeautonomous ofalt
  3. presentsubjunctiveautonomous ofalt

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofaltar
radicaleclipsiswithh-prothesiswitht-prothesis
altarn-altarhaltarnot applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Latin

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Noun

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altar n (genitivealtāris);third declension

  1. Alternative form ofaltāre

Usage notes

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In pre-Classical and Classical Latin, this noun only occurs in the plural as aplurale tantum.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

singularplural
nominativealtaraltāria
genitivealtārisaltārium
dativealtārīaltāribus
accusativealtaraltāria
ablativealtārīaltāribus
vocativealtaraltāria

Descendants

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Seealtāre.

References

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  • “altar”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “altar”, inThe Perseus Project (1999)Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3]

Lombard

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈtɑːr/(Milanese)

Noun

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altar m (pluralaltar)

  1. altar

Manx

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Noun

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altar m (pluralaltaryn)

  1. (religion)altar

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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altar n

  1. form removed by a1984 spelling decision;superseded byalter

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
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Altar iUvdalstavkyrkje

Etymology 1

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From lateOld Norsealtari, fromOld Saxonaltari, itself taken fromLatinaltāre(“altar”).

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Noun

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altar n (definite singularaltaret,indefinite pluralaltar,definite pluralaltara)

  1. analtar

Etymology 2

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Noun

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altar m

  1. indefiniteplural ofalt

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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FromLatinaltāre(“altar for burnt offerings”). Cf. alsoouteiro.

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Noun

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altar m (pluralaltares)

  1. altar(flat structure used for religious rites)

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Old High German

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*aldrą, whence alsoOld Englishealdor,Old Norsealdr.

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altar n

  1. age

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesealtar, fromLatinaltāre(“altar for burnt offerings”). Cf. alsoPortugueseouteiro.

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Noun

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altar m (pluralaltares)

  1. altar(flat structure used for religious rites)

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinaltārium oraltār, with the plural deriving fromaltāria. Compareoltar, a rare and dated variant which derives from the same source via a Slavic intermediary.

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Noun

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altar n (pluralaltare)

  1. altar
    Synonym:pristol
  2. communion table
  3. chancel
  4. shrine,sanctuary
    Synonym:sanctuar

Declension

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Declension ofaltar
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativealtaraltarulaltarealtarele
genitive-dativealtaraltaruluialtarealtarelor
vocativealtarulealtarelor

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Spanishaltar (attested as far back as theCantar de Mio Cid[1]), fromLatinaltāre. See alsootero.

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Noun

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altar m (pluralaltares)

  1. altar(a table used for religious rites)
  2. stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces

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References

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  1. ^Joan Coromines,José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “altar”, inDiccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishaltar, fromLatinaltāre.Doublet ofalta.

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altár (Baybayin spellingᜀᜎ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔)

  1. altar(a table used for religious rites)
    Synonyms:dalanginan,dambana,alta

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