amiant

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amiantus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντος (amíantos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.miˈan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.miˈant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.miˈant]

Noun

amiant m (plural amiants)

1. asbestos

   Synonym: asbest

Further reading

• “amiant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amiant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “amiant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amiant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Polish

Alternative forms

• amianto, amiantus (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Borrowed from French amiante, from Latin amiantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμίαντος (amíantos). First attested in 1613.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mjant/

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• Rhymes: -amjant
• Syllabification: a‧miant

Noun

amiant m inan

1. (mineralogy) amianthus

Declension

Declension of amiant

	singular
nominative	amiant
genitive	amiantu
dative	amiantowi
accusative	amiant
instrumental	amiantem
locative	amiancie
vocative	amiancie

Derived terms

adjective

• amiantowy

 

Further reading

• amiant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amiant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amiant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32
• amiant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Noun

amiant n (plural amiante)

1. Alternative form of amiantă

Declension

Declension of amiant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) amiant	amiantul	(niște) amiante	amiantele
genitive/dative	(unui) amiant	amiantului	(unor) amiante	amiantelor
vocative	amiantule		amiantelor