lapis

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

pierre

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pierre tombale

caillou

roche

🪨

marbre

roc

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diam

rocher

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dalle funéraire

monument commémoratif

py~er

pierre sépulcrale

piedra

Synonymes

petra

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saxum

🪨

marmor

lapillus

Traductions

stone

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Stein

🪨

piedra

🪨

steen

🪨

pedra

🪨

pedra

🪨

pietra

🪨

taş

🪨

πέτρα

kevir

🪨

λίθος

ber

kuç

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berd

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈɫa.pɪs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.