marmor

See also: Marmor

Danish

Noun

marmor n (singular definite marmoret, not used in plural form)

  1. marble (crystalline limestone)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • marmur (Late Latin, proscribed)

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros)bor.
    Latin marmor

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    marmor n (genitive marmoris); third declension

    1. (geology) a block or piece of marble
    2. pulverized marble, marble dust
    3. (in the plural) a marble pavement
    4. (architecture) a marble statue; marble building
    5. (figuratively) the surface of the sea; the sea

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative marmor marmora
    genitive marmoris marmorum
    dative marmorī marmoribus
    accusative marmor marmora
    ablative marmore marmoribus
    vocative marmor marmora

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Descendants

    References

    • “marmor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “marmor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "marmor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).

    Noun

    marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

    1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).

    Noun

    marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

    1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

    References

    Romanian

    Noun

    marmor n (plural marmoare)

    1. alternative form of marmură

    Declension

    Declension of marmor
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative marmor marmorul marmoare marmoarele
    genitive-dative marmor marmorului marmoare marmoarelor
    vocative marmorule marmoarelor

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros). Doublet of marbal.

    Noun

    marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)

    1. marble (stone)

    Swedish

    Noun

    marmor c (uncountable)

    1. marble; rock of crystalline limestone

    Declension

    Declension of marmor
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite marmor marmors
    definite marmorn marmorns
    plural indefinite — —
    definite — —

    References

    Welsh

    Etymology

    From Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

    Noun

    marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)

    1. marble (stone)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of marmor
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    marmor farmor unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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