alcazar

See also: Alcazar and alcázar

English

Etymology

From Spanish alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌalkəˈzɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌælkəˈzɑɹ/, /ælˈkɑzɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

alcazar (plural alcazars)

1. Any Moorish fortress in Spain.
   • 2002, Donna Tartt, The Little Friend, page 43:

     But most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her - highly decorated items which Harriet embellished even further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the fairy chateau that never was.

Translations

Moorish fortress in Spain

• Arabic: قَصْر أَنْدَلُسِيّ m (qaṣr ʔandalusiyy)
• Armenian: ալկասար (hy) (alkasar)
• Basque: alkazar
• Catalan: alcàsser (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩爾人在西班牙建造的堡壘 / 摩尔人在西班牙建造的堡垒 (mó'ěrrén zài Xībānyá jiànzào de bǎolěi)

• Esperanto: alkazaro
• French: alcazar (fr) m
• Galician: alcácer m
• German: Alkazar m, Alcázar m
• Italian: alcazar m
• Japanese: アルカサル (arukasaru)
• Korean: 알카사르 (alkasareu)
• Polish: alkazar m
• Portuguese: alcácer (pt) m, alcáçar m
• Romanian: alcazar (ro) n
• Russian: алькаса́р (ru) m (alʹkasár)
• Slovak: alkazár (sk) m
• Spanish: alcázar (es) m

Anagrams

• Alcaraz

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with château.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ka.zaʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

alcazar m (plural alcazars)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castello and cassero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkad.d͡zar/, /al.kadˈd͡zar/
• Rhymes: -addzar, -ar
• Hyphenation: al‧cà‧zar, al‧ca‧zàr

Noun

alcazar m (invariable)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)