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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese marmor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin marmor, marmore, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mármore m (plural mármores)
- marble (material)
- 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 291:
os troyanos tynam sua villa moy bem gardada, et dizervos ey cõmo elles tynã a villa moy forte: os muros dela erã moy fortes et moyto altos et nõ de tapea, ante eram de marmore jalde et negro et vermello et vis- the Trojans had their town very well defended, and I'll tell you how they had their town so strong: their walls very strong and very tall, and made not of clay, but of yellow and black and red and brown marble
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marmor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marmor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mármore”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mármore”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese marmor, from Vulgar Latin *marmŏrem, from Latin marmor n, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mármore m (plural mármores)
- marble (crystalline limestone)
- marble sculpture
Quotations
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