asbesto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

asbesto (uncountable, accusative asbeston)

1. asbestos

Interlingua

Noun

asbesto

1. asbestos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈbes.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈbes.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʒˈbeʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈbes.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈbeʃ.tu/ [ɐʒˈβeʃ.tu]

• Hyphenation: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto m (plural asbestos)

1. asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)

   Synonym: amianto

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈbesto/ [azˈβ̞es.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto m (plural asbestos)

1. asbestos

Derived terms

• asbestosis

 

Further reading

• “asbesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish asbesto (“asbestos”), from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “incombustible”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasˈbesto/, [ʔɐsˈbɛs.to]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. asbestos