malm

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.

• IPA^(key): /mɑːm/, /mɑːlm/

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /malm/, [ˈmælˀm]

malm c (singular definite malmen, plural indefinite malme)

1. ore
2. bronze, brass

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malm

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

From Old Norse malmr.

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

1. ore

• jernmalm
• uranmalm

• “malm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑlm/

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

• “malm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

malm

1. accusative singular of malmr

Inherited from Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). First attested in 1286^[1].

Area outside main city center sense: originally referring to the two sandy hills north and south of Stockholm (see: Norrmalm and Södermalm), which would become part of the urban sprawl and lead to the connotation of city outskirts.

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malm

1. An ore [since 1400–1425]^[1]
2. (historical) A vaguely defined alloy similar to bronze and brass, containing various proportions of copper, zinc, lead and tin; sometimes described as identical to klockbrons (“bell bronze”), typically composed of about 80% copper and 20% tin. [since 1400–1425]^[1]
3. (archaic) A hill or ridge consisting of sand or gravel [since 1286]^[1]
4. (regional, Stockholm) An urban habituation area outside of the main city center; a suburb or urban district. [since 1286]^[1]
5. (chiefly Finland) A field used by the military for exercise
6. (archaic) synonym of yngre jura (“Malm; Late Jurassic”)

• → Finnish: malmi

• malm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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