different between astrolabe vs sexton

English

Etymology

From Middle English astrelabie et al., from Middle French astrolabe, Old French astrelabe, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ?????? (ástron, “star”) + ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æs.t???le?b/

Noun

astrolabe (plural astrolabes)

1. An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.

Translations

See also

• compass
• sextant

Anagrams

• roastable

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ?????? (ástron, “star”) + ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.t??.lab/
• Homophone: astrolabes
• Hyphenation: as?tro?labe
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

astrolabe m (plural astrolabes)

1. astrolabe

Further reading

• “astrolabe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k.st?n/
• Hyphenation: sex?ton

Noun

sexton (plural sextons)

1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
2. A sexton beetle.

Synonyms

• sacristan

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxt?n, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ks?t?n/

Numeral

sexton

1. sixteen

Related terms

• sextonde
• sextondel