marrow

English

Etymology 1

Middle English mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos. See Dutch merg and Russian мозг ("brain").

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəʊ

Noun

marrow (plural marrows)

Vegetable Marrows

1. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
2. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
   • 1847 Sir Robert Schomburgh, Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados, Bentley's Miscellany, Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, page 37.

     The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.

Derived terms

• bone marrow
• marrowbone

Translations

substance inside bones

• Armenian: ոսկրածուծ (hy) (oskraçuç)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: adif m

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 髓 (cmn)

• Czech: morek (cs) m
• Danish: marv (da) c
• Dutch: merg (nl) n
• Faroese: mergur (fo) m
• Finnish: luuydin (fi)
• French: moelle (fr), moelle osseuse (fr) f
• German: Mark (de) n
• Greek: μεδούλι (el) (medoúli) n
• Hungarian: velő (hu)
• Indonesian: Sum sum tulang (id)
• Interlingua: medulla (ia)
• Italian: midollo (it)

• Latin: medulla (la)
• Macedonian: коскена срж (mk) (kóskena srž) f
• Maltese: mudullun (mt) m
• Maori: mongamonga (mi), waimongamonga (mi)
• Northern Sami: ađa
• Norwegian: marg (no)
• Polish: szpik (pl) m
• Portuguese: medula (pt) f, tutano (pt) m
• Romanian: măduvă (ro)
• Russian: костный мозг (ru) (kóstnyj mozg) m
• Serbian: moždina f, koštana srž f
• Skolt Sami: õõđ
• Slovak: špik (sk) m
• Slovene: mozeg (sl) m
• Spanish: médula (es) f
• Swedish: märg (sv) c
• Turkish: ilik (tr)
• Volapük: pif (vo)

kind of vegetable

• Dutch: courgette (nl)
• Finnish: kesäkurpitsa (fi)
• French: courgette (fr), courge (fr) f
• Georgian: ყაბაყი (ka) (qabaqi)
• German: Flaschenkürbis (de) m
• Greek: κολοκύθα (el) (kolokýtha) f
• Hungarian: tök (hu)
• Icelandic: mergur (is) m

• Italian: zucchina (it) f
• Jèrriais: courge f, m'lon m
• Maltese: qargħa bagħli (mt) m
• Maori: kamokamo (mi)
• Polish: kabaczek (pl) m
• Romanian: dovlecel (ro) m
• Russian: кабачок (ru) (kabačók) m
• Spanish: calabaza (es) f
• Swedish: squash (sv) c, zucchini (sv) c

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• Georgian: ძვლის ტვინი (ka) (dxvlis tvini), არსი (ka) (arsi), დედაარსი (ka) (dedaarsi), რაობა (ka) (raoba), მთავარი (ka) (mtavari)

Related terms

• courgette
• cucumber
• gherkin

• pickle
• squash
• zucchini

Etymology 2

From Old Norse margr.

Alternative forms

• marra

Noun

marrow (plural marrows)

1. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

   Cheers marrow!

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]