marmor

Noun

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

1. marble (crystalline limestone)

Alternative forms

• marmur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmar.mɔr]

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

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, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere
    

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m, n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

References

• “marmor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m, n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

1. (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

References

• “marmor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)

1. marble (stone)

Noun

marmor c (uncountable)

1. marble; rock of crystalline limestone

Etymology

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

Noun

marmor m (uncountable)

1. marble (stone)