alcazar

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

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

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.

• Alcaraz

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

• IPA^(key): /al.ka.zaʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

alcazar m (plural alcazars)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)

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

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

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

alcazar m (invariable)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)