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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’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

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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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    Declension of marmor
    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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    Noun

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    marmor c (uncountable)

    1. marble; rock of crystalline limestone

    Declension

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    Declension of [Term?]
    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.