азбест

From German Asbest or Russian асбе́ст (asbést), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

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а́збест • (ázbest) m (relational adjective а́збестов)

1. (uncountable) asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)

• “азбест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “азбест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “а̀збест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
• “азбест”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

азбест • (azbest) m (uncountable)

1. asbestos

• IPA^(key): /ǎzbest/
• Hyphenation: аз‧бест

а̀збест m inan (Latin spelling àzbest)

1. (uncountable) asbestos

• “азбест”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025