different between moorish vs alcazar

English

Etymology

From moor +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?????/

Adjective

moorish (comparative more moorish, superlative most moorish)

1. (now rare) Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy. [from 15th c.]
   • , I.iii.3:

     [G]low-worms, fire-drakes, meteors, ignis fatuus […] with many such that appear in moorish grounds, about churchyards, moist valleys, or where battles have been fought […] .

2. Pertaining to a moor; abounding in moorland. [from 16th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 880:

     He recommended to me to plant a considerable part of a large moorish farm which I had purchased, and he made several calculations of the expence and profit: for he delighted in exercising his mind on the science of numbers.

Synonyms

• moory, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

English

Etymology

From Spanish alcázar, from Arabic ?????????? (al-qa?r, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?alk??z??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ælk??z??/, /æl?k?z?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

alcazar (plural alcazars)

1. Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alcaraz

French

Etymology

From Spanish alcázar, from Arabic ?????????? (al-qa?r, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with château.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ka.za?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

alcazar m (plural alcazars)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)

Italian

Etymology

From Spanish alcázar, from Arabic ?????????? (al-qa?r, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castello and cassero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?kad.d?zar/, /al.kad?d?zar/
• Hyphenation: al?cà?zar, al?ca?zàr

Noun

alcazar m (invariable)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)