Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#ALIOJCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#ALIOJ aliox, borrowed from ArabicCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Arabic#ALIOJCategory:Spanish terms derived from Arabic#ALIOJ الْيَشْب (al-yašb, “the jasper”), of uncertainCategory:Spanish terms with unknown etymologies#ALIOJ ultimate origin; however, known to be a doublet of jaspe (“jasper”)Category:Spanish doublets#ALIOJ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈljox/ [aˈljox]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#ALIOJCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALIOJ
• Rhymes: -oxCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ox#ALIOJCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ox/2 syllables#ALIOJ
• Syllabification: a‧lioj

Noun

alioj m (plural aliojes)Category:Spanish lemmas#ALIOJCategory:Spanish nouns#ALIOJCategory:Spanish countable nouns#ALIOJCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ALIOJCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ALIOJCategory:Pages with entries#ALIOJCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALIOJ

1. (obsoleteCategory:Spanish terms with obsolete senses#ALIOJ) marble (crystalline limestone)

   Synonym: mármol

Further reading

• “alioj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “alioj”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021