marmor
DanishEdit
NounEdit
marmor n (singular definite marmoret, not used in plural form)
- marble (crystalline limestone)
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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
- to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”)
NounEdit
marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)
- (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)
ReferencesEdit
- “marmor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”)
NounEdit
marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)
- (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)
ReferencesEdit
- “marmor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
NounEdit
marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)
- marble (stone)
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
marmor c (uncountable)
- marble; rock of crystalline limestone
DeclensionEdit
Declension of marmor | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | marmor | marmorn | — | — |
Genitive | marmors | marmorns | — | — |
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
NounEdit
marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)
- marble (stone)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |