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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Homophones 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Old High German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun

[ English

[ Etymology

From Latin altare (“‘altar’”), probably related to adolere (“‘burn’”); thus burning place, influenced by a false connection with altus (“‘high’”).

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔːltə(r)

[ Homophones

• alter

[ Noun

Singular altar

Plural altars

altar (plural altars)

1. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

[ Derived terms

• altar boy
• altar poem

[ Related terms

• adolere
• ara

[ Translations

flat-topped structure used for religious rites

Bulgarian: олтар m. Croatian: oltar m. Czech: oltář m. Danish: alter Dutch: altaar n. Ewe: vɔsamlekpui n. Finnish: alttari French: autel German: Altar m. Italian: altare m.

Japanese: 祭壇 (さいだん, saidan) Latin: altare n., ara Polish: ołtarz m. Portuguese: altar Serbian: žrtvenik Slovak: oltár m. Slovene: oltar m. Spanish: altar m. Greek: βωμός m.

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[ Old High German

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *alt(i)raz, whence also Old English ealdor, Old Norse aldr

[ Noun

altar

1. age

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[ Spanish

[ Noun

altar m, plural altares

1. Flat outcropping, rock, or elevated construction where religious rites are celebrated with sacrifices, offerings, etc.
2. m. ara (ǁ piedra consagrada).
3. In the Christian religion, a type of consecrated table where a priest presides at thee eucharistic sacrifice
4. m. Conjunto constituido por la mesa consagrada, la base, las gradas, el retablo, el sagrario, etc.
5. m. Ingen. Piedra que separa la plaza del hogar en los hornos de reverbero