malm

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English

Etymology

From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.

Pronunciation

Noun

malm (countable and uncountable, plural malms)

  1. (geology) A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
  2. An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “malm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

malm c (singular definite malmen, plural indefinite malme)

  1. ore
  2. bronze, brass

Inflection

Declension of malm
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative malm malmen malme malmene
genitive malms malmens malmes malmenes

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

malm

  1. singular imperative of malmen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of malmen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse malmr.

Noun

malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmer, definite plural malmene)

  1. ore

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”). Doublet of malme.

Pronunciation

Noun

malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmar, definite plural malmane)

  1. (countable and uncountable) ore
  2. (countable and uncountable) cast iron
  3. (countable and uncountable) heartwood, especially of a conifer
    Synonyms: kjerneved, al, malme

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Noun

malm

  1. accusative singular of malmr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malm

  1. ore
  2. (archaic) an alloy consisting of copper, zinc, lead and some tin
  3. (archaic) the geological period of late Jurassic
  4. (archaic) a hill or ridge consisting of sand or gravel
  5. (regional) a field used by the military for exercise
  6. (regional, Stockholm) an urban habituation area outside of the main city center

Declension

Declension of malm 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative malm malmen malmer malmerna
Genitive malms malmens malmers malmernas

Descendants

  • → Finnish: malmi

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