marmor

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. marble (crystalline limestone)

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[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

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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

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)

  1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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)

  1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

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Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

marmor n (plural marmoare)

  1. Alternative form of marmură

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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)

  1. marble (stone)

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

marmor c (uncountable)

  1. marble; rock of crystalline limestone

Declension[edit]

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

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)

  1. 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.