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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm
• *Homophones: ma'am, mom

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.

Derived terms

• malmstone
• malmy

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

malm

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malm/, [ˈmælˀm]

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

malm

1. singular imperative of malmen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of malmen

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

malm

Wikipedia ^no

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

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

malm

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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