pulver

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English pulver, from Latin pulver-, pulvis.[1][2] Doublet of powder.

Noun

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pulver (countable and uncountable, plural pulvers)

  1. (obsolete) Powder.
    • 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer [i.e., Oswald Gaebelkhover], translated by A. M., The Boock of Physicke […], Dort: […] Isaack Gaen [i.e., Isaac Jansz], pages 27–28:
      Take fine Suger ℔ ß. Spec. Diarhod. Abbatis ʒ ß. vvhyte Ambre beinge pulverzatede like meale ʒ jß. vvhyt povvndede Muſtarde ſeede, ʒ ß. Annis, and Fennelle Oyle. or in place therof, ℥ j ß. of Aqva vitæ, fine totalle, and not foraminatede Pearles, beinge verye ſmalle pulverizatede ʒ ß. you muſt liqvefye the Suger, vvith the vvater, of vvilde blacke Gherryes, vvith Lavender vvater, vvith Spicanardi, or vvith Roſevvater, mixe theſe pręnominated pulvers the one vvith the other, mixinge, & addinge heer vnto the Suger, and as then make little Cakes therof.
    • c. 1650, Patrick Gordon, A Short Abridgement of Britane’s Distemper, from the Yeare of God M.DC.XXXIX. to M.DC.XLIX, Aberdeen: […] Spalding Club, published 1844, page 175:
      This also was a new tinder that did quickly fyre the puluer of discention, which blew wp the bulwarke of this once so hopefull and so happie a freindshipe, and rankled the old wound, and brought it anew a blooding; […]
    • 1889, Madison J[ulius] Cawein, “Chords”, in Accolon of Gaul, with Other Poems, Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton & Company, canto VII, stanza 1, page 150:
      Then out of the stain and rash furor, the passionate pulver of stone, / The trembling suffusion that dazzled and awfully shone, / Chamelion-convulsion of color, hilarious ranges of glare— […]

Etymology 2

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From Middle English (participle pulvered), from the noun or Latin pulverō.[3][4]

Verb

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pulver (third-person singular simple present pulvers, present participle pulvering, simple past and past participle pulvered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To pulverise; to make into powder.

References

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  1. ^ “pulver, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “pulver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  3. ^ “pulver, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  4. ^ “pulvered, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (“dust, powder”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔlvər/, [ˈpʰɔlˀvɐ]

Noun

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pulver n (singular definite pulveret, plural indefinite pulvere)

  1. powder

Inflection

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Declension of pulver
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pulver pulveret pulvere pulverne
genitive pulvers pulverets pulveres pulvernes

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (“dust, powder”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pul‧ver

Noun

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pulver n (uncountable)

  1. powder

Synonyms

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Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German pulver, from Old High German pulver, from Latin pulveris (“dust; powder”). Cognate with German Pulver.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pulver n

  1. powder

References

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  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Noun

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pulver n (definite singular pulveret, indefinite plural pulver or pulvere, definite plural pulvera or pulverne)

  1. powder

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Noun

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pulver n (definite singular pulveret, indefinite plural pulver, definite plural pulvera)

  1. powder

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Derived terms

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin pulvis, pulverem.

Noun

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pulver m

  1. (Sutsilvan) powder

Synonyms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin pulvis. Doublet of pollen and puder.

Noun

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pulver n

  1. powder; fine particles
    tvättpulver
    washing powder

Declension

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Declension of pulver
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pulver pulvers
definite pulvret pulvrets
plural indefinite pulver pulvers
definite pulvren pulvrens

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Estonian: pulber
  • → Finnish: pulveri

See also

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