marble
/ˈmɑːbəl/MAHR-buhl
/ˈmɑɹbəl/MAHR-buhl
Meaninggleaming stone
Common meaning: polished crystalline stone
- marblgleaming stoneLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 488 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√MAR‘shine’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 264, p. 739 · scan
- Latinmarmorem
- Frenchmarbre
- Englishmarble‘polished crystalline stone’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek μάρμαρος ‘gleaming stone’.
Roots
- μάρμαρος Greek “gleaming stone”
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