autel

Inherited from Old French autel, from a change of suffix from earlier alter, borrowed from Latin altāre (mostly attested in the plural form altāria).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.tɛl/, /o.tɛl/

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• Homophone: hôtel

autel m (plural autels)

1. altar (in a church)

• “autel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• taule

From Old French autel, borrowed from Latin altāre.

autel m (plural autels)

1. (Jersey, religion) altar

• alter

From a change of suffix from older alter, borrowed from Latin altāre.

autel oblique singular, m (oblique plural auteaus or auteax or autiaus or autiax or autels, nominative singular auteaus or auteax or autiaus or autiax or autels, nominative plural autel)

1. altar

• French: autel
• Norman: autel

au +‎ tel?

autel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular autele)

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