different between sandalwood vs algum

English

Etymology

sandal +? wood

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sand?lw?d/

Noun

sandalwood (countable and uncountable, plural sandalwoods)

1. Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
2. The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.

Derived terms

• Indian sandalwood
• Sandalwood

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• almug

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????????????? (algumím).

Noun

algum (uncountable)

1. (biblical) A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11), possibly juniper or red sandalwood.

Translations

Anagrams

• almug, glaum, mulga

Faroese

Noun

algum

1. indefinite dative plural of alga

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alg? (obsolete)
• alghum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese alg?u, from Vulgar Latin *alic?nus, from Latin aliquis + ?nus. Compare Spanish alguno, French aucun, Italian alcuno.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a?.???/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.???/, [ä??.???????]
• Rhymes: -?

Pronoun

algum m (feminine alguma, plural alguns, feminine plural algumas)

1. some, any

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:algum.

See also

• alguém