marmor

See also: Marmor

Danish

Noun

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

1. marble (crystalline limestone)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• marmur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmar.mɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmar.mɔr]

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marmor	marmora
Genitive	marmoris	marmorum
Dative	marmorī	marmoribus
Accusative	marmor	marmora
Ablative	marmore	marmoribus
Vocative	marmor	marmora

Derived terms

• marmorārius
• marmoreus
• marmorō
• marmorōsus
• marmusculum

 

Related terms

• marmorātiō
• marmorātum
• marmoreus

Descendants

Descendants

• Lombard: marmor
• → Albanian: marmur
• Aragonese: marbre
• Aromanian: marmurã, marmuri
• Asturian: mármole, mármol
• Catalan: marbre
• → English: marble (via Old French)
• → Finnish: marmori
• → Norwegian: marmor
• French: marbre
• Friulian: marmul
• Galician: mármore
• German: Marmor
• → Irish: marmar

• Italian: marmo
• Occitan: marbre, marme
• → Polish: marmur
• Portuguese: mármore
• Romanian: marmură
• Romansch: marmel
• → Russian: мрамор (mramor)
• Sardinian: màrmuri, màrmuru
• Sicilian: màrmuru, màrmura
• Spanish: mármol
• → Swedish: marmor
• Venetian: marmo, màrmaro, màlmaro
• → Welsh: marmor

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, 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
    

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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

• “marmor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

• “marmor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)

1. marble (stone)

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Swedish

Noun

marmor c (uncountable)

1. marble; rock of crystalline limestone

Declension

Declension of marmor
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	marmor	marmorn	—	—
Genitive	marmors	marmorns	—	—

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Welsh

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)

1. marble (stone)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
marmor	farmor	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.