altare

See also: Altare and Altäre

Afrikaans

Noun

altare

  1. plural of altaar

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin altāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈta.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧tà‧re

Noun

altare m (plural altari, diminutive altarino)

  1. altar

Derived terms

  • altare maggiore

Descendants

  • → Ma'di: ãlĩtárĩ

References

  1. ^ altare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • altare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • altare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

altāre

  1. present active infinitive of altō

Etymology 2

Probably from adoleō (“to burn (as an offering)”),[1] influenced by altus (“high, tall”).

Alternative forms

Noun

altāre n (genitive altāris); third declension

  1. altar, fitting for burnt offerings
Usage notes

In Classical Latin, mainly used as plural form altāria. See other forms altar and altārium.

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative altāre altāria
genitive altāris altārium
dative altārī altāribus
accusative altāre altāria
ablative altārī altāribus
vocative altāre altāria
Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “adoleō (> Derivatives > altare)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 24-5

Further reading

  • “altare”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “altare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Noun

altāre m or n

  1. altar

Inflection

Declension of altāre (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative altāre altārar, altāra
accusative altāre altārar, altāra
genitive altāres altāra
dative altāre altārum, altārem
Declension of altāre (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative altāre altāre, altāru
accusative altāre altāre, altāru
genitive altāres altāra
dative altāre altārum, altārem

Descendants

Swahili

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from English altar, although the preservation of the rhotic may indicate a form created by missionaries under the influence of Latin altare.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

altare class IX (plural altare class X)

  1. altar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre.

Noun

altare n

  1. altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Fjärde Moseboken [Numbers] 23:1”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 22 September 2025:
      Bileam sade till Balak: »Bygg sju altaren åt mig här, och skaffa hit sju tjurar och sju baggar.«
      Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."

Declension

Declension of altare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite altare altares
definite altaret altarets
plural indefinite altare, altaren altares, altarens
definite altarna altarnas

References

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