see|Altar
English

Etymology
From Latin altare, altar, probably related to adolere, burn; thus burning place, influenced by a false connection with altus, high.

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��lt�(r)|-��lt�(r)

Homophones
alter

Noun
en-noun

1. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

Derived terms
altar boy
altar poem

Related terms
adolere
ara

Translations
trans-top|flat-topped structure used for religious rites
Bulgarian: ол�а� m
Croatian: oltar m
Czech: oltá� m
Danish: alter
Dutch: altaar n
Ewe: v�samlekpui n
Finnish: alttari
French: autel
German: Altar m
Italian: altare m
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Japanese: 祭� (����, saidan)
Latin: altare n, ara
Polish: o�tarz m
Portuguese: altar
Serbian: žrtvenik
Slovak: oltár#Slovak|oltár m
Slovene: oltar m
Spanish: altar m
Greek: β�μ�� m
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Old High German

Etymology
Common Germanic *alt(i)raz, whence also Old English ealdor, Old Norse aldr

Noun
altar

1. age

Category:Old High German nouns

Spanish

Noun
altar m, plural altares

1. Flat outcropping, rock, or elevated construction where religious rites are celebrated with sacrifices, offerings, etc.
2. m. ara (� piedra consagrada).
3. In the Christian religion, a type of consecrated table where a priest presides at the eucharistic sacrifice
4. m. Conjunto constituido por la mesa consagrada, la base, las gradas, el retablo, el sagrario, etc.
5. m. Ingen. Piedra que separa la plaza del hogar en los hornos de reverbero

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