malm

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.

• IPA^(key): /mɑːm/, /mɑːlm/

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /malm/,

malm c (singular definite malmen, plural indefinite malme)

1. ore
2. bronze, brass

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malm

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

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From Old Norse malmr.

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

1. ore

• jernmalm
• uranmalm

• “malm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑlm/

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

• “malm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

malm

1. accusative singular of malmr

 Malm on Swedish Wikipedia

 Malm (legering) on Swedish Wikipedia

 Yngre jura on Swedish Wikipedia

 Malm (stadsdel) on Swedish Wikipedia

Inherited from Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). First attested in 1286^[1].

Area outside main city center sense: originally referring to the two sandy hills north and south of Stockholm (see: Norrmalm and Södermalm), which would become part of the urban sprawl and lead to the connotation of city outskirts.

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malm

1. An ore ^[1]
2. (historical) A vaguely defined alloy similar to bronze and brass, containing various proportions of copper, zinc, lead and tin; sometimes described as identical to klockbrons (“bell bronze”), typically composed of about 80% copper and 20% tin. ^[1]
3. (archaic) A hill or ridge consisting of sand or gravel ^[1]
4. (regional, Stockholm) An urban habituation area outside of the main city center; a suburb or urban district. ^[1]
5. (chiefly Finland) A field used by the military for exercise
6. (archaic) Synonym of yngre jura (“Malm; Late Jurassic”)

• → Finnish: malmi

• malm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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