asbest

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).

Noun[edit]

asbest m (plural asbests or asbestos)

  1. asbestos
    Synonym: amiant

Further reading[edit]

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, unquenchable, inextinguishable).

Noun[edit]

asbest c (definite singular asbesten)

  1. asbestos

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch asbeston, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑs.bɛst/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: as‧best

Noun[edit]

asbest n (uncountable)

  1. asbestos

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: asbès
  • Papiamentu: asbèst

Estonian[edit]

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Etymology[edit]

from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, unquenchable, inextinguishable),

Noun[edit]

asbest (genitive asbesti, partitive asbesti)

  1. (mineralogy) asbestos

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, unquenchable, inextinguishable).

Noun[edit]

asbest n (genitive singular asbests, no plural)

  1. (mineralogy) asbestos

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, unquenchable, inextinguishable).

Noun[edit]

asbest m (definite singular asbesten)

  1. asbestos

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).

Noun[edit]

asbest m (definite singular asbesten)

  1. asbestos

References[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

asbest n (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of azbest

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun[edit]

asbest c

  1. (mineralogy) asbestos

Declension[edit]

Declension of asbest 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative asbest asbesten
Genitive asbests asbestens

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish آسبست (asbest), from French asbeste, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

asbest (definite accusative asbesti, plural asbestler)

  1. asbestos

Declension[edit]

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