lapis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3, masculine) stone
2. (declension-3, masculine) milestone
3. (declension-3, masculine) boundary stone
4. (declension-3, masculine) gravestone, tombstone
5. (declension-3, masculine) lapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld
6. (declension-3, masculine) stone platform at a slave auction
7. (declension-3, masculine) statue
8. (declension-3, masculine, poetic) jewel, precious stone

Sinonieme

petra

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saxum

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marmor

lapillus

Vertalings

stone

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Stein

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piedra

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pierre

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steen

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pedra

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pedra

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pietra

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taş

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πέτρα

kevir

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λίθος

ber

kuç

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈɫa.pɪs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *lapets. May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (compare secō, saxum; rumpō, rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language.