# marmor
## Danish
### Noun

marmor n (singular definite marmoret, not used in plural form)
* marble (crystalline limestone)

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* marmur (Late Latin, proscribed)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmärmɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmar.mor/, [ˈmärmor]

### Noun

marmor n (genitive marmoris); third declension
* (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

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

#### Derived terms

* marmor Pentelicum
* marmorārius
* marmoreus
* marmorō
* marmorōsus
* marmusculum

#### Related terms

* marmorātiō
* marmorātum

#### Descendants

* Lombard: marmor
* → Albanian: marmur
* Aragonese: marbre
* Aromanian: marmurã, marmuri
* Asturian: mármole, mármol
* Catalan: marbre
* → English: marble (via Old French)
* → Finnish: marmori
* → Norwegian: marmor
* French: marbre
* Friulian: marmul
* Galician: mármore
* → Old High German: marmul
** German: Murmel
* → German: Marmor
* → Irish: marmar
* Italian: marmo
* Occitan: marbre, marme
* → Polish: marmur
* Portuguese: mármore
* Romanian: marmură
* Romansch: marmel
* → Russian: мрамор (mramor)
* Sardinian: màrmuri, màrmuru
* Sicilian: màrmuru
* Spanish: mármol
* → Swedish: marmor
* Venetan: marmo, màrmaro, màlmaro
* → Welsh: marmor

### 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)
* (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

### References

* “marmor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## 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)
* (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)

### References

* “marmor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Noun

marmor n (plural marmoare)
* Alternative form of marmură

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Noun

marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)
* marble (stone)

## Swedish
### Noun

marmor c (uncountable)
* marble; rock of crystalline limestone

#### Related terms

* marmorera
* marmorering

### References

* marmor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* marmor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* marmor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Welsh
### Etymology

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

### Noun

marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)
* marble (stone)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.