abside

See also: ábside and absidë

Albanian

Noun

abside

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of absidë

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish ábside (“apse”), French abside (“apse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abs̺ide/ [aβ̞.s̺i.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ide, -e
• Hyphenation: ab‧si‧de

Noun

abside inan

1. (architecture) apse

Declension

Declension of abside (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	abside	absidea	absideak	absideok
ergative	absidek	absideak	absideek	absideok
dative	absideri	absideari	absideei	absideoi
genitive	absideren	absidearen	absideen	absideon
comitative	absiderekin	absidearekin	absideekin	absideokin
causative	absiderengatik	absidearengatik	absideengatik	absideongatik
benefactive	absiderentzat	absidearentzat	absideentzat	absideontzat
instrumental	absidez	absideaz	absideez	absideotaz
innesive	absidetan	absidean	absideetan	absideotan
locative	absidetako	absideko	absideetako	absideotako
allative	absidetara	absidera	absideetara	absideotara
terminative	absidetaraino	absideraino	absideetaraino	absideotaraino
directive	absidetarantz	absiderantz	absideetarantz	absideotarantz
destinative	absidetarako	absiderako	absideetarako	absideotarako
ablative	absidetatik	absidetik	absideetatik	absideotatik
partitive	absiderik	—	—	—
prolative	absidetzat	—	—	—

Related terms

• absidiolo (“apsidole”)

Further reading

• “abside”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.sid/

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Noun

abside f (plural absides)

1. (architecture) apse

Further reading

• “abside”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

• absida, apside (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin absidae, a blend of Latin absis, absidis +‎ Ancient Greek ἁψίς, ἁψῖδος (hapsís, hapsîdos, “arch, vault”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “(likely Mediaeval) Latin entry should be made”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈab.si.de/
• Rhymes: -abside
• Hyphenation: àb‧si‧de

Noun

abside m (plural absidi)

1. (architecture) apse

Derived terms

• absidale

Further reading

• abside on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• abside in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• di base

Portuguese

Noun

abside f (plural absides)

1. (architecture) apse (semicircular projection from a building)

Further reading

• “abside”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abside”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025