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malm

/mɑːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
malm
IPA
/mɑːm/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

name

An epoch from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.

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. Doublet of mulm.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *melh₂-, malme, mealm, *malmaz, malmr

Usage

Inflected Forms

malms (plural)

Derived Forms

malmstone malmy

Homonyms

ma'am mom

Rhymes With

mom tom bomb calm islam vietnam palm com prom dom rom comm

Questions

How do you pronounce malm?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɑːm/.
What does malm mean?
A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
Where does malm come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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