marbre

Inherited from Old Catalan marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros). Compare Occitan marbre~marme.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmar.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmar.bɾə], [ˈma.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaɾ.bɾe]

marbre m (plural marbres)

1. (uncountable) marble (rock)
2. (by extension) kitchen counter, worktop

   Synonyms: fogons, taulell de cuina, amanidor

3. alternative form of mabre (“striped seabream”)

• marmori

• “marbre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “marbre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “marbre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “marbre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

• IPA^(key): /maʁbʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁbʁ

marbre m (plural marbres)

1. marble (type of stone)
2. (baseball) home plate

marbre

1. inflection of marbrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “marbre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ambrer, bramer

From Latin marmor.

marbre oblique singular, m (oblique plural marbres, nominative singular marbres, nominative plural marbre)

1. marble (stone)

• → Middle English: marbre, marble
  • English: marble
    • → Scottish Gaelic: marbal
• French: marbre