malm

See also: Malm

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑːm/, /mɑːlm/

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malm/, [malˀm]

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

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr.

Noun

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

1. ore

Derived terms

• jernmalm
• uranmalm

References

• “malm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑlm/

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

• blymalm
• grønmalm
• jarnmalm
• koparmalm
• malmbåt
• malmfull
• malmfuru
• malmførekomst
• malmleie
• malmleiting
• malmskip
• malmstokk
• malmåre
• myrmalm
• nikkelmalm
• sinkmalm
• uranmalm

 

References

• “malm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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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

Anagrams

• lamm