noun, masculine/alaˈbastɾo/plural: alabastros
alabaster (variety of gypsum)
Related: alabastrado, alabastrino, rosa de alabastro
Borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (“vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”).