different between apse vs baldachin

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Etymology 1

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ???? (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ???? (hápt?, “I bind, join”).

Noun

apse (plural apses)

1. (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
2. The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
3. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
4. (astronomy, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Apse.

Etymology 2

Noun

apse (plural apses)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree.

Anagrams

• EAPs, EPAs, PEAs, Paes, Peas, SEPA, apes, pase, peas, spae

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *apse, from Proto-Indo-European *aps?, from *(H)osp-, already the name of the same tree. Cognates include Lithuanian ?puš?, dialectal ãpuš?, apuš??, Old Prussian abse, Proto-Slavic *o(p)sa (Russian ?????? (osína), Ukrainian ?????? (osýna), Belarusian ?????? (asína), all from earlier *o(p)sina, Bulgarian ?????? (osíka), Czech dialectal and Polish osa, osina), Old High German aspa, Middle High German aspe, German Espe, Old Norse ?sp, English asp, Swedish asp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aps?]

Noun

apse f (5th declension)

1. aspen tree (esp. Populus tremula)

Declension

References

Anagrams

• pase

English

Noun

baldachin (plural baldachins)

1. Alternative spelling of baldacchin

Romanian

Etymology

From French baldaquin.

Noun

baldachin n (plural baldachine)

1. baldaquin

Declension

Venetian

Noun

baldachin m (plural baldachini)

1. contraption, gadget
2. canopy