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marmor

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Danish

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Noun

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

  1. marble (crystalline limestone)

Latin

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Alternative forms

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  • marmur (Late Latin, proscribed)

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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

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    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative marmor marmora
    genitive marmoris marmorum
    dative marmorī marmoribus
    accusative marmor marmora
    ablative marmore marmoribus
    vocative marmor marmora

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • 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, 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

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia no

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, marble, crystalline rock).

    Noun

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    marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

    1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, marble, crystalline rock).

    Noun

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    marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

    1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

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    Romanian

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    Noun

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    marmor n (plural marmoare)

    1. alternative form of marmură

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative marmor marmorul marmoare marmoarele
    genitive-dative marmor marmorului marmoare marmoarelor
    vocative marmorule marmoarelor

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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

    Noun

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    marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)

    1. marble (stone)

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Swedish marmor(sten), from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμαίρειν (marmaírein, to gleam). First attested in the early 15th century (in the compound marmorsten).

    Noun

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    marmor c (uncountable)

    1. marble (rock of crystalline limestone)

    Declension

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    Declension of marmor
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite marmor marmors
    definite marmorn marmorns
    plural indefinite
    definite
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    Welsh

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    Etymology

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

    Noun

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    marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)

    1. marble (stone)

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of marmor
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    marmor farmor unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.