Esperanto

Noun

alabastro ‎(accusative singular alabastron, plural alabastroj, accusative plural alabastrojn)

1. alabaster

   Li kopiis La Pietá de Michelangelo en alabastro.

   He copied Michaelangelo's Pietá in alabaster.

Related terms

• alabastra; made of alabaster, white, ghostly

Italian

Etymology

From Latin alabastrum.

Noun

alabastro m ‎(plural alabastri)

1. (mineralogy) alabaster

Derived terms

• alabastraio

Latin

Noun

alabastrō

1. dative singular of alabastrum
2. ablative singular of alabastrum

Portuguese

Noun

alabastro m

1. alabaster

See also

Spanish

Noun

alabastro m ‎(plural alabastros)

1. alabaster (variety of gypsum)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish alabastro ‎(“alabaster”), from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster ‎(“box for perfume made of alabaster”), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος ‎(alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος ‎(alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”). This may further derive from the ancient Egyptian word [Egyptian hieroglyphic needed] ‎(a-labaste, “vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”).

Noun

alabastro

1. alabaster