marmor

See also: Marmor

Danish

Noun

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

  1. marble (crystalline limestone)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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 terms

Descendants
Descendants

References
  • “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

  1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

  1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

References

Romanian

Noun

marmor n (plural marmoare)

  1. Alternative form of marmură

Declension
Declension of marmor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) marmor marmorul (niște) marmoare marmoarele
genitive/dative (unui) marmor marmorului (unor) marmoare marmoarelor
vocative marmorule marmoarelor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)

  1. marble (stone)

Swedish

Noun

marmor c (uncountable)

  1. marble; rock of crystalline limestone

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

References

Welsh

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)

  1. marble (stone)

Mutation
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.
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