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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).

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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