Masculine
altar
- (masculine) altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- (masculine) stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces
Frequency
Hyphenated as
al‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/alˈtaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish altar (attested as far back as the Cantar de Mio Cid), from Latin altāre. See also otero.
Related words
autel
altare
Altar
altar
altaar
altar
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βωμός
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