altare

See also: Altare and Altäre

Afrikaans

Noun

altare

  1. plural of altaar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin altāre.

Noun

altare m (plural altari)

  1. altar

Derived terms
  • altare maggiore - h

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

altāre

  1. present active infinitive of altō

Etymology 2

Probably from adolere, influenced by altus. In Classical Latin, mainly used as plural form altāria. See other forms altār and altārium.

Alternative forms

Noun

altare

  1. altar, fitting for burnt offerings
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative altare altarēs
Genitive altaris altarum
Dative altarī altaribus
Accusative altarem altarēs
Ablative altare altaribus
Vocative altare altarēs
Descendants

References
  • altare in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Noun

altāre m or n

  1. altar

Inflection
Declension of altāre (masculine ja-stem)
case singular plural
nominative altāre altārar, altāra
accusative altāre altārar, altāra
genitive altāres altāra
dative altāre altārum, altārem
Declension of altāre (neuter ja-stem)
case singular plural
nominative altāre altāre, altāru
accusative altāre altāre, altāru
genitive altāres altāra
dative altāre altārum, altārem

Swedish
altare

Etymology

From late Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre (“altar”).

Noun

altare n

  1. altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)

Declension
Declension of altare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative altare altaret altare altarna
Genitive altares altarets altares altarnas
  • altarklädnad
  • altaroffer
  • altarring
  • altartavla
  • högaltare
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