Polyglot Dictionary

abside

/abˈsidʒi/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as absides

Meaning

  1. apse

    • A abside da catedral.

      The cathedral's apse.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Apsis

Apsis is the German word for the same thing — both mean "apse."

Spanish

ábside

ábside is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "apse."

Practice

1 What does abside mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ da catedral.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches abside?

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