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noun, masculine

albâtre

/al.batʁ/

noun, masculine/al.batʁ/plural: albâtres

alabaster (variety of gypsum); a pure, delicate, healthy white (of human skin)

une peau d'albâtrealabaster skin

Inherited from Middle French albastre, from Old French alabastre, aubastre, from Latin alabaster, alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).

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