azbest

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

azbest m inan

  1. asbestos

Declension

Further reading

  • azbest”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • azbest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish azbest.

Pronunciation

Noun

azbest m inan (related adjective azbestowi)

  1. asbestos

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “azbest”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “azbest”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • azbest”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asbestos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaz.bɛst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -azbɛst
  • Syllabification: az‧best

Noun

azbest m inan

  1. asbestos
    Synonym: (possibly) abaston
    azbest chryzotylowywhite asbestos

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • azbest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • azbest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French asbeste.

Noun

azbest n (uncountable)

  1. asbestos

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative azbest azbestul
genitive-dative azbest azbestului
vocative azbestule

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎzbest/
  • Hyphenation: az‧best

Noun

àzbest m (Cyrillic spelling а̀збест)

  1. (uncountable) asbestos

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

azbest m inan (related adjective azbestový)

  1. asbestos

Declension

Further reading

  • azbest”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024