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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *alznos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos, from *h₂élis.
Pronunciation
Noun
alnus m or f (genitive alnī); second declension
- An alder.
- Anything made of alder wood; a ship, vessel or boat.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “alnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.