Altar

See also Altar

English

Etymology

From Latin altare (“‘altar’”), probably related to adolere (“‘burn’”); thus burning place, influenced by a false connection with altus (“‘high’”).

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɔːltə(r)

• Homophones: alter

Noun

Singular Altar

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1. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

Derived terms

• altar boy
• altar poem
• high altar

Related terms

• adolere
• ara

Translations

flat-topped structure used for religious rites

Bulgarian: олтар bg(bg) m. Croatian: oltar hr(hr) m. Czech: oltář cs(cs) m. Danish: alter da(da) Dutch: altaar nl(nl) n. Ewe: vɔsamlekpui n. Finnish: alttari fi(fi) French: autel fr(fr) German: Altar de(de) m. Greek: βωμός el(el) m. Hungarian: oltár hu(hu) Italian: altare it(it) m.

Japanese: 祭壇 (さいだん, saidan) Latin: altare la(la) n., ara la(la) Macedonian: олтар mk(mk) (óltar) m. Polish: ołtarz pl(pl) m. Portuguese: altar pt(pt) Russian: алтарь ru(ru) (altár') m. Serbian: žrtvenik sr(sr) Slovak: oltár sk(sk) m. Slovene: oltar sl(sl) m. Spanish: altar es(es) m. Swedish: altare sv(sv) Turkish: sunak tr(tr), mihrap tr(tr)

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Galician

Noun

Altar m. (plural altares)

1. altar

Synonyms

• ara

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Old Frisian

Noun

altar

1. altar

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Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *alt(i)raz, whence also Old English ealdor, Old Norse aldr

Noun

altar

1. age

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Spanish

Noun

Altar m. (plural altares)

Singular Altar m.

Plural altares m.

1. altar
2. Stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces

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