marmor
Danish edit
Noun edit
marmor n (singular definite marmoret, not used in plural form)
- marble (crystalline limestone)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmärmɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmärmor]
Noun edit
marmor n (genitive marmoris); third declension
- (geology) a block or piece of marble
- pulverized marble, marble dust
- (in the plural) a marble pavement
- (architecture) a marble statue; marble building
- (figuratively) the surface of the sea; the sea
Declension edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- 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 edit
- “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
- to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).
Noun edit
marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)
- (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)
References edit
- “marmor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).
Noun edit
marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)
- (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)
References edit
- “marmor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
marmor n (plural marmoare)
- Alternative form of marmură
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) marmor | marmorul | (niște) marmoare | marmoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) marmor | marmorului | (unor) marmoare | marmoarelor |
| vocative | marmorule | marmoarelor | ||
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
Noun edit
marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)
- marble (stone)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
marmor c (uncountable)
- marble; rock of crystalline limestone
Declension edit
| Declension of marmor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | marmor | marmorn | — | — |
| Genitive | marmors | marmorns | — | — |
Related terms edit
References edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
Noun edit
marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)
- marble (stone)
Mutation edit
| 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. | |||