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See also: Magma and magmą

English

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, paste).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmæɡ.mə/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -æɡmə

    Noun

    magma (countable and uncountable, plural magmas or magmata)

    1. (geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
    2. (mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
    3. Any soft doughy mass.
    4. The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.

    Hyponyms

    Hyponyms of magma (geology)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Vietnamese: mắc ma

    Translations

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, paste).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmɑx.maː/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: mag‧ma

    Noun

    magma n (uncountable)

    1. magma (molten terrestrial mass)
      • 1886 June 26, “Wetenschappelijke mededeelingen”, in Jave-bode, volume 35, number 148, page 7:
        Na de hypothesen van kapt. Laplace en Taye kort uiteengezet en op de verschillen bij hen gewezen te hebben, kwam spr. tot de gewone verklaring van de afplatting der aarde, door de aswenteling van een oorspronkelijk vloeibare aardmassa: het magma.
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    2. (obsolete) dense paste, dough-like mass
      • 1746, “Arcanum Tartari”, in Bataviasche apotheek, page 33:
        Als nu de uitdampinge zuur begint te ruiken, dan laat het zagtjes uitdroogen, zo zal 'er een bruin Magma wegens de daarby zynde olie overblyven: Calcineert deze Magma zachjes in een smelt Kroes: en als het koud geworden solveert het gecalcineerde in zuiver water, filtreert en crystalliseert het Arcanum.
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    Derived terms

    Finnish

    Etymology

    From English magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma

    1. magma

    Declension

    Inflection of magma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    nominative magma magmat
    genitive magman magmojen
    partitive magmaa magmoja
    illative magmaan magmoihin
    singular plural
    nominative magma magmat
    accusative nom. magma magmat
    gen. magman
    genitive magman magmojen
    magmain rare
    partitive magmaa magmoja
    inessive magmassa magmoissa
    elative magmasta magmoista
    illative magmaan magmoihin
    adessive magmalla magmoilla
    ablative magmalta magmoilta
    allative magmalle magmoille
    essive magmana magmoina
    translative magmaksi magmoiksi
    abessive magmatta magmoitta
    instructive magmoin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of magma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative magmani magmani
    accusative nom. magmani magmani
    gen. magmani
    genitive magmani magmojeni
    magmaini rare
    partitive magmaani magmojani
    inessive magmassani magmoissani
    elative magmastani magmoistani
    illative magmaani magmoihini
    adessive magmallani magmoillani
    ablative magmaltani magmoiltani
    allative magmalleni magmoilleni
    essive magmanani magmoinani
    translative magmakseni magmoikseni
    abessive magmattani magmoittani
    instructive
    comitative magmoineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative magmasi magmasi
    accusative nom. magmasi magmasi
    gen. magmasi
    genitive magmasi magmojesi
    magmaisi rare
    partitive magmaasi magmojasi
    inessive magmassasi magmoissasi
    elative magmastasi magmoistasi
    illative magmaasi magmoihisi
    adessive magmallasi magmoillasi
    ablative magmaltasi magmoiltasi
    allative magmallesi magmoillesi
    essive magmanasi magmoinasi
    translative magmaksesi magmoiksesi
    abessive magmattasi magmoittasi
    instructive
    comitative magmoinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative magmamme magmamme
    accusative nom. magmamme magmamme
    gen. magmamme
    genitive magmamme magmojemme
    magmaimme rare
    partitive magmaamme magmojamme
    inessive magmassamme magmoissamme
    elative magmastamme magmoistamme
    illative magmaamme magmoihimme
    adessive magmallamme magmoillamme
    ablative magmaltamme magmoiltamme
    allative magmallemme magmoillemme
    essive magmanamme magmoinamme
    translative magmaksemme magmoiksemme
    abessive magmattamme magmoittamme
    instructive
    comitative magmoinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative magmanne magmanne
    accusative nom. magmanne magmanne
    gen. magmanne
    genitive magmanne magmojenne
    magmainne rare
    partitive magmaanne magmojanne
    inessive magmassanne magmoissanne
    elative magmastanne magmoistanne
    illative magmaanne magmoihinne
    adessive magmallanne magmoillanne
    ablative magmaltanne magmoiltanne
    allative magmallenne magmoillenne
    essive magmananne magmoinanne
    translative magmaksenne magmoiksenne
    abessive magmattanne magmoittanne
    instructive
    comitative magmoinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative magmansa magmansa
    accusative nom. magmansa magmansa
    gen. magmansa
    genitive magmansa magmojensa
    magmainsa rare
    partitive magmaansa magmojaan
    magmojansa
    inessive magmassaan
    magmassansa
    magmoissaan
    magmoissansa
    elative magmastaan
    magmastansa
    magmoistaan
    magmoistansa
    illative magmaansa magmoihinsa
    adessive magmallaan
    magmallansa
    magmoillaan
    magmoillansa
    ablative magmaltaan
    magmaltansa
    magmoiltaan
    magmoiltansa
    allative magmalleen
    magmallensa
    magmoilleen
    magmoillensa
    essive magmanaan
    magmanansa
    magmoinaan
    magmoinansa
    translative magmakseen
    magmaksensa
    magmoikseen
    magmoiksensa
    abessive magmattaan
    magmattansa
    magmoittaan
    magmoittansa
    instructive
    comitative magmoineen
    magmoinensa

    Derived terms

    compounds

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    French

    French Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, paste).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma m (plural magmas)

    1. (geology) magma
    2. (mathematics) magma
    3. melange, hodgepodge, farrago (disordered mixture of disparate things)

    Further reading

    Galician

    Noun

    magma m (plural magmas)

    1. magma

    Hungarian

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma (plural magmák)

    1. magma

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative magma magmák
    accusative magmát magmákat
    dative magmának magmáknak
    instrumental magmával magmákkal
    causal-final magmáért magmákért
    translative magmává magmákká
    terminative magmáig magmákig
    essive-formal magmaként magmákként
    essive-modal
    inessive magmában magmákban
    superessive magmán magmákon
    adessive magmánál magmáknál
    illative magmába magmákba
    sublative magmára magmákra
    allative magmához magmákhoz
    elative magmából magmákból
    delative magmáról magmákról
    ablative magmától magmáktól
    non-attributive
    possessive - singular
    magmáé magmáké
    non-attributive
    possessive - plural
    magmáéi magmákéi
    Possessive forms of magma
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. magmám magmáim
    2nd person sing. magmád magmáid
    3rd person sing. magmája magmái
    1st person plural magmánk magmáink
    2nd person plural magmátok magmáitok
    3rd person plural magmájuk magmáik

    Derived terms

    Italian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma m (plural magmi)

    1. (geology) magma
    2. (figurative) jumble

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, a kind of thick unguent), derived from μάσσω (mássō, I knead).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma n (genitive magmatis); third declension

    1. The dregs of an unguent.

    Declension

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

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative magma magmata
    Genitive magmatis magmatum
    Dative magmatī magmatibus
    Accusative magma magmata
    Ablative magmate magmatibus
    Vocative magma magmata

    References

    • magma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • magma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Nauruan

    Noun

    magma

    1. magma

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia no

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).

    Noun

    magma m (definite singular magmaen, indefinite plural magmaer, definite plural magmaene)
    magma n (definite singular magmaet, indefinite plural magma, definite plural magmaa or magmaene)

    1. (geology) magma

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).

    Noun

    magma m (definite singular magmaen, indefinite plural magmaer or magmaar, definite plural magmaene or magmaane)
    magma n (definite singular magmaet, indefinite plural magma, definite plural magmaa)

    1. (geology) magma

    References

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

    Internationalism; compare English magma, French magma, German Magma, ultimately from Latin magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma f

    1. magma (molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.)
    2. magma (any soft doughy mass)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjective

    Further reading

    • magma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • magma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, paste).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡi.mɐ/, /ˈmaɡ.mɐ/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaɡ.ma/, /ˈma.ɡi.ma/

    • Hyphenation: mag‧ma

    Noun

    magma m (plural magmas)

    1. (geology, volcanology) magma (underground molten matter)

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mǎɡma/
    • Hyphenation: mag‧ma

    Noun

    màgma f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гма)

    1. (geology) magma

    Declension

    References

    • magma”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

    Spanish

    Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia es

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmaɡma/
    • Rhymes: -aɡma
    • Syllabification: mag‧ma

    Noun

    magma m (plural magmas)

    1. (geology) magma

    Further reading


    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, paste).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    magma (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜋ)

    1. (geology) magma

    Further reading

    • magma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

    Turkish

    Noun

    magma (definite accusative magmayı, plural magmalar)

    1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) magma

    Declension

    Inflection
    Nominative magma
    Definite accusative magmayı
    Singular Plural
    Nominative magma magmalar
    Definite accusative magmayı magmaları
    Dative magmaya magmalara
    Locative magmada magmalarda
    Ablative magmadan magmalardan
    Genitive magmanın magmaların
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular magmam magmalarım
    2nd singular magman magmaların
    3rd singular magması magmaları
    1st plural magmamız magmalarımız
    2nd plural magmanız magmalarınız
    3rd plural magmaları magmaları
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular magmamı magmalarımı
    2nd singular magmanı magmalarını
    3rd singular magmasını magmalarını
    1st plural magmamızı magmalarımızı
    2nd plural magmanızı magmalarınızı
    3rd plural magmalarını magmalarını
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular magmama magmalarıma
    2nd singular magmana magmalarına
    3rd singular magmasına magmalarına
    1st plural magmamıza magmalarımıza
    2nd plural magmanıza magmalarınıza
    3rd plural magmalarına magmalarına
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular magmamda magmalarımda
    2nd singular magmanda magmalarında
    3rd singular magmasında magmalarında
    1st plural magmamızda magmalarımızda
    2nd plural magmanızda magmalarınızda
    3rd plural magmalarında magmalarında
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular magmamdan magmalarımdan
    2nd singular magmandan magmalarından
    3rd singular magmasından magmalarından
    1st plural magmamızdan magmalarımızdan
    2nd plural magmanızdan magmalarınızdan
    3rd plural magmalarından magmalarından
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular magmamın magmalarımın
    2nd singular magmanın magmalarının
    3rd singular magmasının magmalarının
    1st plural magmamızın magmalarımızın
    2nd plural magmanızın magmalarınızın
    3rd plural magmalarının magmalarının

    Further reading