marmor
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (geology) a block or piece of marble
- pulverized marble, marble dust
- (in the plural) a marble pavement
- (architecture) a marble statue; marble building
- (figuratively) the surface of the sea; the sea
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (marble, crystalline rock).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μάρμαρος
Gloss
marble, crystalline rock
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- marble English
- marmoreal English
- marmoric English
- marmorosis English
- marmor, marmore Latin
- marmore Latin
- marmoreus Latin
- Marmor German
- Marmorkatze German
- Marmorkrebs German
- Marmortisch German
- marmorn German
- márvány Hungarian
- marmifero Italian
- marmo Italian
- marmolite Italian
- marmoreggiare Italian
- marmorizzare Italian
- marmorizzatura Italian
- marmer Dutch, Flemish
- marbre French
- μάρμαρος Ancient Greek
- μαρμάρινος Ancient Greek
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- marmor Norwegian Bokmål
- marmor Norwegian Nynorsk
- marmar Irish
- *mormorъ Proto-Slavic
- مرمر Arabic
- مَرْمَر Arabic
- marbre Old French
- مرمر Persian
- μάρμαρο Greek (modern)
- marmor Welsh
- marmer Middle Dutch
- մարմար Old Armenian
- mermer Turkish
- marmar Old Irish
- marmor Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- marmyr Manx
- мраморъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- marmul Friulian
- marmuras Lithuanian
- მარმარილოჲ Old Georgian
- mermer Crimean Tatar