🇵🇹 Portuguese

mármores

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masculine

os mármores

marbles

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mármores
/us ˈmaʁmoɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mármores in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈmaʁmoɾis/

How do you pronounce mármores in Portuguese?

mármores is pronounced /us ˈmaʁmoɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O mármore branco foi escolhido para a escultura porque é muito resistente.

The white marble was chosen for the sculpture because it is very resistant.

Este mármore italiano é tão precioso que o artista trabalhou nele por meses.

This Italian marble is so precious that the artist worked on it for months.

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Why is it masculine?

Mármores is masculine because it derives from Latin "marmor," which was a neuter noun, but Portuguese inherited it through Romance language sound changes that caused most Latin neuter nouns to shift to masculine gender. The word ultimately comes from Greek "mármaros," originally meaning "shining stone."

What is the Portuguese word for marbles?

The Portuguese word for marbles is os mármores — masculine.

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