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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAlabaster
/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fine-grained, translucent, typically white gypsum or calcite, often used for carving ornaments and statues.
"The museum exhibited a delicate ancient vase carved from translucent alabaster."
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Resembling alabaster, especially in being white, smooth, and translucent.
"She had smooth alabaster skin that glowed softly in the candlelight."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'alabastrum', which comes from the ancient Greek 'alabastron', referring to a vessel made of a specific stone. The term ultimately traces its roots to ancient Egyptian 'a-lb-str', associated with the town of Alabastron where the mineral was quarried.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Alabaster" is said worldwide
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albâtre
Transliteration: albatʁ
"La statue était sculptée dans un bel albâtre blanc."
Alabaster
Transliteration: alaˈbastɐ
"Die Lampe bestand aus feinstem Alabaster."
alabastro
Transliteration: alaˈbastro
"Il vaso antico era fatto di puro alabastro."
alabastro
Transliteration: alaˈβastɾo
"Las paredes de la capilla estaban decoradas con alabastro."
alabastro
Transliteration: alaˈbastu
"A escultura de alabastro brilhava sob a luz."
संगमरमर जैसा पत्थर
Transliteration: sangmarmar jaisa patthar
"उसकी त्वचा संगमरमर जैसी चिकनी थी।"
雪花石膏
Transliteration: xuěhuā shígāo
"这座雕像是用雪花石膏制成的。"
설화석고
Transliteration: seolhwaseokgo
"그 조각상은 고대의 설화석고로 만들어졌다."
alabaster
Transliteration: arabasutā
Script: アラバスター
"その置物はアラバスターでできていた。"
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