malm
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Etymology edit
From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.
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Noun edit
malm (countable and uncountable, plural malms)
- (geology) A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
- An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “malm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz.
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malm c (singular definite malmen, plural indefinite malme)
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malm
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmer, definite plural malmene)
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- “malm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”). Doublet of malme.
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malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmar, definite plural malmane)
- (countable and uncountable) ore
- (countable and uncountable) cast iron
- (countable and uncountable) heartwood, especially of a conifer
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- “malm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
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malm
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”).
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malm
- ore
- (archaic) an alloy consisting of copper, zinc, lead and some tin
- (archaic) the geological period of late Jurassic
- (archaic) a hill or ridge consisting of sand or gravel
- (regional) a field used by the military for exercise
- (regional, Stockholm) an urban habituation area outside of the main city center
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Declension of malm | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | malm | malmen | malmer | malmerna |
Genitive | malms | malmens | malmers | malmernas |
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: malmi