asbesto
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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Noun
asbesto (uncountable, accusative asbeston)
- asbestos
Interlingua
Noun
asbesto
- asbestos
Portuguese
Noun
asbesto m (plural asbestos)
- asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- Synonym: amianto
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- 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”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: as‧bes‧to
- IPA(key): /ʔasˈbesto/, [ʔɐsˈbes.to]
Noun
asbesto
- asbestos