pulver

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

pulver (third-person singular simple present pulvers, present participle pulvering, simple past and past participle pulvered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To pulverise; to make into powder.

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (dust, powder).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɔlvər/, [ˈpʰɔlˀvɐ]

Noun[edit]

pulver n (singular definite pulveret, plural indefinite pulvere)

  1. powder

Inflection[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (dust, powder).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pul‧ver

Noun[edit]

pulver n (uncountable)

  1. powder

Synonyms[edit]

Mòcheno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German pulver, from Old High German pulver, from Latin pulveris (dust; powder). Cognate with German Pulver.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pulver n

  1. powder

References[edit]

  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Noun[edit]

pulver n (definite singular pulveret, indefinite plural pulver or pulvere, definite plural pulvera or pulverne)

  1. powder

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Noun[edit]

pulver n (definite singular pulveret, indefinite plural pulver, definite plural pulvera)

  1. powder

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pulvis, pulverem.

Noun[edit]

pulver m

  1. (Sutsilvan) powder

Synonyms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Latin pulvis. Doublet of pollen and puder.

Noun[edit]

pulver n

  1. powder; fine particles
    tvättpulver
    washing powder

Declension[edit]

Declension of pulver 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pulver pulvret pulver pulvren
Genitive pulvers pulvrets pulvers pulvrens

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: pulber
  • Finnish: pulveri

See also[edit]

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