pulver

See also: Pulver

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pulver, from Latin pulver-, pulvis.[1][2] Doublet of powder.

Noun

pulver (countable and uncountable, plural pulvers)

  1. (obsolete) Powder.
    • 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer [i.e., Oswald Gaebelkhover], translated by A. M., The Boock of Physicke [], Dort: [] Isaack Gaen [i.e., Isaac Jansz], pages 27–28:
      Take fine Suger ℔ ß. Spec. Diarhod. Abbatis ʒ ß. vvhyte Ambre beinge pulverzatede like meale ʒ jß. vvhyt povvndede Muſtarde ſeede, ʒ ß. Annis, and Fennelle Oyle. or in place therof, ℥ j ß. of Aqva vitæ, fine totalle, and not foraminatede Pearles, beinge verye ſmalle pulverizatede ʒ ß. you muſt liqvefye the Suger, vvith the vvater, of vvilde blacke Gherryes, vvith Lavender vvater, vvith Spicanardi, or vvith Roſevvater, mixe theſe pręnominated pulvers the one vvith the other, mixinge, & addinge heer vnto the Suger, and as then make little Cakes therof.
    • c. 1650, Patrick Gordon, A Short Abridgement of Britane’s Distemper, from the Yeare of God M.DC.XXXIX. to M.DC.XLIX, Aberdeen: [] Spalding Club, published 1844, page 175:
      This also was a new tinder that did quickly fyre the puluer of discention, which blew wp the bulwarke of this once so hopefull and so happie a freindshipe, and rankled the old wound, and brought it anew a blooding; []
    • 1889, Madison J[ulius] Cawein, “Chords”, in Accolon of Gaul, with Other Poems, Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton & Company, canto VII, stanza 1, page 150:
      Then out of the stain and rash furor, the passionate pulver of stone, / The trembling suffusion that dazzled and awfully shone, / Chamelion-convulsion of color, hilarious ranges of glare— []

Etymology 2

From Middle English (participle pulvered), from the noun or Latin pulverō.[3][4]

Verb

pulver (third-person singular simple present pulvers, present participle pulvering, simple past and past participle pulvered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To pulverise; to make into powder.

References

  1. ^ pulver, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ pulver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  3. ^ pulver, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  4. ^ pulvered, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (dust, powder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔlvər/, [ˈpʰɔlˀvɐ]

Noun

pulver n (singular definite pulveret, plural indefinite pulvere)

  1. powder

Inflection

Declension of pulver
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pulver pulveret pulvere pulverne
genitive pulvers pulverets pulveres pulvernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (dust, powder).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pul‧ver

Noun

pulver n (uncountable)

  1. powder

Synonyms

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German pulver, from Old High German pulver, from Latin pulveris (dust; powder). Cognate with German Pulver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulvɛr/

Noun

pulver n

  1. powder

References

  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Noun

pulver n (definite singular pulveret, indefinite plural pulver or pulvere, definite plural pulvera or pulverne)

  1. powder

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Noun

pulver n (definite singular pulveret, indefinite plural pulver, definite plural pulvera)

  1. powder

Synonyms

Derived terms

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin pulvis, pulverem.

Noun

pulver m

  1. (Sutsilvan) powder

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin pulvis. Doublet of pollen and puder.

Noun

pulver n

  1. powder; fine particles
    tvättpulver
    washing powder

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: pulber
  • Finnish: pulveri

See also

References