altare

altare

1. plural of altaar

From Late Latin altāre.

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

altare m (plural altari)

1. altar

• altare maggiore

• Altera, Telara, altera, realtà, talare

altāre

1. present active infinitive of altō

Probably from adolēre, influenced by altus.

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

altāre n (genitive altāris); third declension

1. altar, fitting for burnt offerings

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

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

• “altare”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

• alter

altāre m or n

1. altar

• West Frisian: alter

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

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altare (n class, plural altare)

1. altar

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

altare n

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

• altarklädnad
• altaroffer
• altarring
• altartavla
• högaltare

• latare, talare