abside

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See also: ábside

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish ábside (apse), French abside (apse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abs̺ide/
  • Rhymes: -ide, -e
  • Hyphenation: ab‧si‧de

Noun

abside inan

  1. (architecture) apse

Declension

Declension of abside (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive abside absidea absideak
ergative absidek absideak absideek
dative absideri absideari absideei
genitive absideren absidearen absideen
comitative absiderekin absidearekin absideekin
causative absiderengatik absidearengatik absideengatik
benefactive absiderentzat absidearentzat absideentzat
instrumental absidez absideaz absideez
inessive absidetan absidean absideetan
locative absidetako absideko absideetako
allative absidetara absidera absideetara
terminative absidetaraino absideraino absideetaraino
directive absidetarantz absiderantz absideetarantz
destinative absidetarako absiderako absideetarako
ablative absidetatik absidetik absideetatik
partitive absiderik
prolative absidetzat

Further reading

  • abside”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.sid/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

abside f (plural absides)

  1. (architecture) apse

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin absidae, a blend of Latin absis, absidis +‎ Ancient Greek ἁψίς, ἁψῖδος (hapsís, hapsîdos, arch, vault).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “(likely Mediaeval) Latin entry should be made”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈab.si.de/
  • Rhymes: -abside
  • Hyphenation: àb‧si‧de

Noun

abside m (plural absidi)

  1. (architecture) apse

Derived terms

Further reading

  • abside on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • abside in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Noun

abside f (plural absides)

  1. (architecture) apse (semicircular projection from a building)