noun, masculine/al.batʁ/plural: albâtres
alabaster (variety of gypsum); a pure, delicate, healthy white (of human skin)
“une peau d'albâtre” — alabaster skin
Inherited from Middle French albastre, from Old French alabastre, aubastre, from Latin alabaster, alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).