asbest
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).
Noun
asbest m (plural asbests or asbestos)
Further reading
- “asbest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “asbest”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “asbest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “asbest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).
Noun
asbest c (definite singular asbesten)
References
- “asbest” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch asbeston, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).
Pronunciation
Noun
asbest n (uncountable)
Descendants
Estonian
Etymology
from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”),
Noun
asbest (genitive asbesti, partitive asbesti)
Declension
| Declension of asbest (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | asbest | asbestid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | asbesti | ||
| genitive | asbestide | ||
| partitive | asbesti | asbeste asbestisid | |
| illative | asbesti asbestisse |
asbestidesse asbestesse | |
| inessive | asbestis | asbestides asbestes | |
| elative | asbestist | asbestidest asbestest | |
| allative | asbestile | asbestidele asbestele | |
| adessive | asbestil | asbestidel asbestel | |
| ablative | asbestilt | asbestidelt asbestelt | |
| translative | asbestiks | asbestideks asbesteks | |
| terminative | asbestini | asbestideni | |
| essive | asbestina | asbestidena | |
| abessive | asbestita | asbestideta | |
| comitative | asbestiga | asbestidega | |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).
Noun
asbest n (genitive singular asbests, no plural)
Declension
Further reading
- “asbest” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).
Noun
asbest m (definite singular asbesten)
References
- “asbest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).
Noun
asbest m (definite singular asbesten)
References
- “asbest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Noun
asbest n (uncountable)
- Alternative form of azbest
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | asbest | asbestul |
| genitive-dative | asbest | asbestului |
| vocative | asbestule | |
Swedish
Noun
asbest c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | asbest | asbests |
| definite | asbesten | asbestens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
Related terms
References
- asbest in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- asbest in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- asbest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آسبست (asbest), from French asbeste, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).
Pronunciation
Noun
asbest (definite accusative asbesti, plural asbestler)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | asbest | |
| Definite accusative | asbesti | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | asbest | asbestler |
| Definite accusative | asbesti | asbestleri |
| Dative | asbeste | asbestlere |
| Locative | asbestte | asbestlerde |
| Ablative | asbestten | asbestlerden |
| Genitive | asbestin | asbestlerin |