altare

See also: Altare and Altäre

Afrikaans

Noun

altare

1. plural of altaar

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin altāre.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

altare m (plural altari, diminutive altarino)

1. altar

Derived terms

• altare maggiore

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Altera, Telara, altera, realtà, talare

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

altāre

1. present active infinitive of altō

Etymology 2

Probably from adolēre, influenced by altus.

Alternative forms

• (post-Classical or Late Latin) altar, altārium

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	altāre	altāria
Genitive	altāris	altārium
Dative	altārī	altāribus
Accusative	altāre	altāria
Ablative	altārī	altāribus
Vocative	altāre	altāria

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: altur (or from altārium)
  • Italian: altare
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: altar
  • Occitan: autar
• West Iberian
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: altar
    • Galician: altar
    • Portuguese: altar
  • Old Spanish: altar
    • Spanish: altar
      • Chavacano: altar
      • → Chamicuro: altar
• → Albanian: lter
• → Old French: autel, alter
  • French: autel
  • Norman: autel
• → Old Irish: altóir
  • Irish: altóir
  • Manx: altar
  • Scottish Gaelic: altair
• → Russian: алта́рь (altárʹ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Northern Sami: áltár
• → Basque: aldare
• → Belarusian: алтар (altar)
• → Breton: aoter
• → Chuukese: antare
• → Estonian: altar
• → Latvian: altāris
• → Lithuanian: aukuras
• → Malayalam: അൾത്താര (aḷttāra)
• → Maltese: artal
• → Swahili: altare
• → Ukrainian: вівтар (vivtar)
• → Uzbek: altar
• → Welsh: allor

References

• “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

• alter

Noun

altāre m or n

1. altar

Inflection

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

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

Descendants

• West Frisian: alter

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):

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Noun

altare (n class, plural altare)

1. altar

Swedish

altare

Etymology

From late Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre (“altar”).

Noun

altare n

1. altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)

Declension

Declension of altare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	altare	altares
	definite	altaret	altarets
plural	indefinite	altare	altares
	definite	altarna	altarnas

Related terms

• altarklädnad
• altaroffer
• altarring
• altartavla
• högaltare

Anagrams

• latare, talare