mármore

See also: marmore and Marmore

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin marmor, marmore, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɾmʊɾɪ]

Noun

mármore m (plural mármores)

1. 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.mo.ɾi/ [ˈmaɦ.mo.ɾi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.mo.ɾi/ [ˈmaɦ.mo.ɾi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.mo.ɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.mo.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ.mo.ɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.mu.ɾɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁmoɾi, (Portugal) -aɾmuɾɨ
• Hyphenation: már‧mo‧re

Noun

mármore m (plural mármores)

1. marble (crystalline limestone)
2. marble sculpture

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mármore.

Hypernyms

• (marble stone): pedra, rocha
• (marble sculpture): escultura, estátua

Coordinate terms

• (marble stone): arenito, ardósia, basalto, calcário, granito, obsidiana
• (marble sculpture): bronze

Derived terms

• de mármore

Related terms

• gato marmorado
• marmoraria
• marmorário
• marmoreação
• marmoreador
• marmorear
• marmoreiro
• marmóreo
• marmórico
• marmorino
• marmorista
• marmorite
• marmorização
• marmorizador
• marmorizar
• marmoroso

Descendants

• → Tetum: mármore

Further reading

• “mármore”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “mármore”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025