The recent scandals involving altar boys and religious leaders have undermined the faith people have in the Church.
Source: tatoeba (1943)
Altar
//ˈɒl.tə//
Synonyms for "altar" (31 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesat location
4 entriesderived
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
has property
1 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
8 entriesrelated to
9 entriesused for
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
157 translations across 108 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- altaar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Albanian
3 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ilter noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- therore noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Amharic
1 entries- መሠውያ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βωμός noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- θυσιαστήριον noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Arabic
3 entries- مَذْبَح noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- مِحْرَاب noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- هَيْكَل noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Aramaic
4 entries- מַדְבְּחָא noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ܡܕܒܚܐ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ܥܠܬܐ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ܬܪܘܢܘܣ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Armenian
3 entries- բագին noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- խորան noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- սեղան noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
3 entries- ܡܲܕ݂ܒܚܵܐ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ܩܲܢܟܹܐ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ܬܪܘܿܢܘܿܣ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- mehrab noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- qurbangah noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- səcdəgah noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Basque
1 entries- aldare noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Belarusian
1 entries- алта́р noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Bengali
2 entries- পূজাবেদি noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- বেদি noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- panggoo bisadis noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Breton
1 entries- aoter noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Bulgarian
1 entries- олта́р noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Burmese
1 entries- ယဇ် ပလ္လင် noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Catalan
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Chavacano
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 祭壇 /祭坛 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- 聖壇 /圣坛 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Chuukese
1 entries- antare noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Cimbrian
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Czech
1 entries- oltář noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Dalmatian
1 entries- altur noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Danish
1 entries- alter noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Dutch
1 entries- altaar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Egyptian
1 entries- x-xA-A-w-t:-R1 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Esperanto
1 entries- altaro noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Estonian
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Ewe
1 entries- vɔsamlekpui noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Faroese
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Finnish
1 entries- alttari noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
French
1 entries- autel noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Galician
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Georgian
2 entries- საკურთხეველი noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- სამსხვერპლო noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
German
1 entries- Altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Greek
3 entries- Αγία Τράπεζα noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- βωμός noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- θυσιαστήριο noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Gujarati
1 entries- યજ્ઞવેદી noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Hebrew
2 entries- בָּמָה noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- מִזְבֵּחַ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Hindi
1 entries- वेदी noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Hungarian
1 entries- oltár noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Icelandic
1 entries- altari noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Ido
1 entries- altaro noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Indonesian
2 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- mezbah noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Irish
1 entries- altóir noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Italian
1 entries- altare noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Japanese
1 entries- 祭壇 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Kalmyk
1 entries- мандл noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Kannada
2 entries- ಬಲಿಪೀಠ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ಯಜ್ಞವೇದಿಕೆ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Kazakh
2 entries- алтарь noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- мехраб noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Khmer
2 entries- បុចនីយដ្ឋាន noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- អាសន noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Korean
1 entries- 제단 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- алтарь noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Lao
2 entries- ຫີ້ງບູຊາ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ຮ້ານບູຊາ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Latin
3 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- altāre noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ara noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Latvian
1 entries- altāris noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Lithuanian
2 entries- altorius noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- aukuras noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Lombard
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Lutuv
1 entries- tluophie noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Altor noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Macedonian
2 entries- жртвеник noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- олтар noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Malay
2 entries- mazbah noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- mezbah noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Malayalam
2 entries- അൾത്താര noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- മദ്ബഹാ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Maltese
1 entries- artal noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Manx
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Marathi
1 entries- वेदी noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Mongolian
1 entries- тахилын ширээ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Māori
2 entries- tūāhu noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- āta noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Nepali
1 entries- वेदी noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Norman
1 entries- autel noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- mezheb noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- sexan noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- text noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alter noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- alter noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Occitan
1 entries- autar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Old English
1 entries- wēofod noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Old Norse
2 entries- altari noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- stalli noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Old Saxon
1 entries- altari noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- олтар noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Persian
2 entries- محراب noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- مذبح noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Polish
1 entries- ołtarz noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Portuguese
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਪੀਠ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ਬੇਦੀ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Romanian
1 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Russian
2 entries- алта́рь noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- же́ртвенник noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- altair noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- oltar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- žrtvenik noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- жртвеник noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- олтар noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Sinhalese
1 entries- පූජාසනය noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Slovak
1 entries- oltár noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Slovene
1 entries- oltar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Spanish
2 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- ara noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- altari noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Swahili
2 entries- altare noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- madhabahu noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Swedish
1 entries- altare noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Tagalog
2 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- dambana noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Tajik
2 entries- мазбаҳ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- меҳроб noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Tamil
1 entries- பலிபீடம் noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Telugu
1 entries- బలిపీఠము noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Thai
1 entries- แท่นบูชา noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Tibetan
2 entries- མཆོད་ཤོམས noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- མཆོད་སྟེགས noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Turkish
2 entries- mihrap noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- sunak noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎎𐎄𐎁𐎈 noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вівта́р noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Urdu
1 entries- قربان گاہ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Uzbek
2 entries- altar noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- mehrob noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bàn thờ noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Welsh
1 entries- allor noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
West-Frisian
1 entries- alter noun (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This girl I wouldn't take to the altar, at best to the hotel...
Source: tatoeba (963030)
"If a photograph of the smiling face of your loved one stands on the altar at the funeral or on the family altar, when you put your hands together to pray, you can hear their voice, I think," he says.
Source: tatoeba (1018636)
Every child who learns, and every man who finds work, and every sick body that's made whole - like a candle added to an altar - brightens the hope of all the faithful.
Source: tatoeba (1018767)
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