The building is built of marble of a most lovely color.
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Marble
//ˈmɑɹ.bəl//
Synonyms for "marble" (217 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Strong matches (65)
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Related words (108)
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52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
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9 entriesTranslations
289 translations across 126 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- albaster noun (spherical ball)
- marmer noun (crystalline limestone)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μάρμαρος noun (crystalline limestone)
Arabic
4 entries- بَرَجون noun (spherical ball)
- بِلِي noun (spherical ball)
- بِلْيَة noun (spherical ball)
- تِيلَة noun (spherical ball)
Aragonese
1 entries- marbre noun (crystalline limestone)
Aramaic
1 entries- שישא noun (crystalline limestone)
Armenian
2 entries- մարմար noun (crystalline limestone)
- շարիկ noun (spherical ball)
Aromanian
4 entries- marmar noun (crystalline limestone)
- marmuri noun (crystalline limestone)
- marmurã noun (crystalline limestone)
- mirmer noun (crystalline limestone)
Assamese
3 entries- বিৰিং গুটি noun (spherical ball)
- মাৰ্বল noun (crystalline limestone)
- মৰ্মৰ noun (crystalline limestone)
Asturian
4 entries- banzón noun (spherical ball)
- bolicha noun (spherical ball)
- mármol noun (crystalline limestone)
- mármole noun (crystalline limestone)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mazı noun (spherical ball)
- mərmər noun (crystalline limestone)
Bashkir
1 entries- мәрмәр noun (crystalline limestone)
Basque
2 entries- marmol noun (crystalline limestone)
- puxtarri noun (spherical ball)
Belarusian
1 entries- ма́рмур noun (crystalline limestone)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- gurii noun (spherical ball)
Breton
1 entries- marbr noun (crystalline limestone)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мрамор noun (crystalline limestone)
- топче noun (spherical ball)
Burmese
2 entries- ကျောက်ဒိုး noun (spherical ball)
- စကျင်ကျောက် noun (crystalline limestone)
Catalan
4 entries- bala noun (spherical ball)
- marbre noun (crystalline limestone)
- mabrejar verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
- marbrar verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مەڕمەڕ noun (crystalline limestone)
- ھەڵمات noun (spherical ball)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏓᏲᏍᏗ noun (crystalline limestone)
Chinese
2 entries- 大理石 noun (crystalline limestone)
- 石石 noun (crystalline limestone)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 大理石 noun (crystalline limestone)
- 波子 noun (spherical ball)
- 雲石 /云石 noun (crystalline limestone)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 大理石 noun (crystalline limestone)
- 彈子 /弹子 noun (spherical ball)
- 彈珠 /弹珠 noun (spherical ball)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- mermer noun (crystalline limestone)
Czech
4 entries- kulička noun (spherical ball)
- kuličky noun (spherical ball)
- mramor noun (crystalline limestone)
- mramorovat verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Danish
2 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
- marmorkugle noun (spherical ball)
Dutch
2 entries- knikker noun (spherical ball)
- marmer noun (crystalline limestone)
Elfdalian
1 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
Esperanto
3 entries- marmora adj (made of marble)
- globeto noun (spherical ball)
- marmoro noun (crystalline limestone)
Estonian
1 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
Faroese
1 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
Finnish
4 entries- lasikuula noun (spherical ball)
- marmori noun (crystalline limestone)
- marmorikuula noun (spherical ball)
- pissikivi noun (spherical ball)
French
4 entries- bille noun (spherical ball)
- canique noun (spherical ball)
- grillot noun (spherical ball)
- marbre noun (crystalline limestone)
Friulian
1 entries- marmul noun (crystalline limestone)
Galician
3 entries- bóla noun (spherical ball)
- mármore noun (crystalline limestone)
- xaspear verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Georgian
1 entries- მარმარილო noun (crystalline limestone)
German
4 entries- marmorn adj (made of marble)
- Marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
- Murmel noun (spherical ball)
- marmorieren verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Greek
3 entries- βόλος noun (spherical ball)
- βώλος noun (spherical ball)
- μάρμαρο noun (crystalline limestone)
Greenlandic
1 entries- maarmori noun (crystalline limestone)
Gujarati
1 entries- આરસપહાણ noun (crystalline limestone)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 圓珠仔 /圆珠仔 noun (spherical ball)
- 大理石 noun (crystalline limestone)
Hebrew
3 entries- גולה noun (spherical ball)
- גולות noun (spherical ball)
- שיש noun (crystalline limestone)
Hindi
1 entries- संगमरमर noun (crystalline limestone)
Hungarian
3 entries- golyó noun (spherical ball)
- márvány noun (crystalline limestone)
- üveggolyó noun (spherical ball)
Icelandic
1 entries- marmari noun (crystalline limestone)
Ido
1 entries- marmoro noun (crystalline limestone)
Indonesian
3 entries- kelereng noun (spherical ball)
- marmer noun (crystalline limestone)
- pualam noun (crystalline limestone)
Ingrian
1 entries- mraamori noun (crystalline limestone)
Irish
3 entries- marmar noun (crystalline limestone)
- mirlín noun (spherical ball)
- marmaraigh verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Italian
3 entries- biglia noun (spherical ball)
- marmo noun (crystalline limestone)
- pallina noun (spherical ball)
Japanese
3 entries- ビー玉 noun (spherical ball)
- マーブル noun (crystalline limestone)
- 大理石 noun (crystalline limestone)
Javanese
4 entries- ꦏꦼꦤꦺꦏꦼꦂ noun (spherical ball)
- ꦝꦶꦂ noun (spherical ball)
- ꦤꦺꦏꦼꦂ noun (spherical ball)
- ꦱꦼꦠꦶꦤ꧀ noun (spherical ball)
Kalmyk
1 entries- һаньтг noun (crystalline limestone)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅಮೃತಶಿಲೆ noun (crystalline limestone)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- мермер noun (crystalline limestone)
Kazakh
2 entries- кішкене шар noun (spherical ball)
- мәрмәр noun (crystalline limestone)
Korean
2 entries- 구슬 noun (spherical ball)
- 대리석 noun (crystalline limestone)
Latin
1 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
Latvian
1 entries- marmors noun (crystalline limestone)
Limburgish
1 entries- marmer noun (crystalline limestone)
Lithuanian
1 entries- marmuras noun (crystalline limestone)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Jick noun (spherical ball)
Macedonian
2 entries- мермер noun (crystalline limestone)
- џамлија noun (spherical ball)
Malagasy
1 entries- kanety noun (crystalline limestone)
Malay
4 entries- guli noun (spherical ball)
- gundu noun (spherical ball)
- jaka noun (spherical ball)
- kelerang noun (spherical ball)
Maltese
1 entries- rħam noun (crystalline limestone)
Manx
1 entries- marmyr noun (crystalline limestone)
Marathi
3 entries- संगमरवरी adj (made of marble)
- गोटी noun (spherical ball)
- संगमरवर noun (crystalline limestone)
Middle French
1 entries- marbre noun (crystalline limestone)
Mirandese
1 entries- mármole noun (crystalline limestone)
Mongolian
1 entries- гантиг noun (crystalline limestone)
Musi
1 entries- ékar noun (spherical ball)
Māori
2 entries- hītimi noun (spherical ball)
- māpere noun (crystalline limestone)
Navajo
1 entries- máázo noun (spherical ball)
Neapolitan
1 entries- marmulo noun (crystalline limestone)
Newar
1 entries- दुरुल्वहं noun (crystalline limestone)
Nogai
1 entries- мермер noun (crystalline limestone)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- mermer noun (crystalline limestone)
- tebel noun (spherical ball)
- xar noun (spherical ball)
Norwegian
1 entries- klinkekule noun (spherical ball)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
Occitan
3 entries- marbre noun (crystalline limestone)
- marme noun (crystalline limestone)
- maubre noun (crystalline limestone)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- мороморъ noun (crystalline limestone)
Old English
1 entries- marmstān noun (crystalline limestone)
Old French
1 entries- marbre noun (crystalline limestone)
Ossetian
1 entries- мармӕр noun (crystalline limestone)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مرمر noun (crystalline limestone)
Persian
2 entries- تیله noun (spherical ball)
- مرمر noun (crystalline limestone)
Polish
2 entries- marmur noun (crystalline limestone)
- szklana kulka noun (spherical ball)
Portuguese
3 entries- berlinde noun (spherical ball)
- bola de gude noun (spherical ball)
- mármore noun (crystalline limestone)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਮਰਮਰ noun (crystalline limestone)
- ਸੰਗਮਰਮਰ noun (crystalline limestone)
Quechua
1 entries- pachar noun (crystalline limestone)
Romanian
1 entries- marmură noun (crystalline limestone)
Romansch
1 entries- marmel noun (crystalline limestone)
Russian
3 entries- марбл noun (spherical ball)
- мра́мор noun (crystalline limestone)
- ша́рик noun (spherical ball)
Sardinian
3 entries- mràmuri noun (crystalline limestone)
- màrmuri noun (crystalline limestone)
- màrmuru noun (crystalline limestone)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- drillean noun (spherical ball)
- marbal noun (spherical ball)
- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
- mirleag noun (spherical ball)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kliker noun (spherical ball)
- mermer noun (crystalline limestone)
- mramor noun (crystalline limestone)
- кликер noun (spherical ball)
Shor
1 entries- мармар noun (crystalline limestone)
Sicilian
1 entries- màrmuru noun (crystalline limestone)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කිරිගරුඩ noun (crystalline limestone)
Slovak
2 entries- guľôčka noun (spherical ball)
- mramor noun (crystalline limestone)
Slovene
2 entries- frnikola noun (spherical ball)
- mármor noun (crystalline limestone)
Southern Altai
1 entries- мрамор noun (crystalline limestone)
Spanish
4 entries- alioj (disused) noun (crystalline limestone)
- balita noun (spherical ball)
- bola noun (spherical ball)
- bola de cristal noun (spherical ball)
Sundanese
1 entries- kaléci noun (spherical ball)
Swedish
4 entries- kula noun (spherical ball)
- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
- spelkula noun (spherical ball)
- marmorera verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Tagalog
3 entries- batumbuhay noun (crystalline limestone)
- holen noun (spherical ball)
- marmol noun (crystalline limestone)
Tamil
4 entries- பளிங்காலான adj (made of marble)
- கோலி noun (spherical ball)
- கோலிக்குண்டு noun (spherical ball)
- சலவைக்கல் noun (crystalline limestone)
Tatar
1 entries- мәрмәр noun (crystalline limestone)
Tausug
1 entries- hūlin noun (spherical ball)
Telugu
1 entries- చలువఱాయి noun (crystalline limestone)
Thai
2 entries- ลูกแก้ว noun (spherical ball)
- หินอ่อน noun (crystalline limestone)
Tunisian Arabic
2 entries- بيسة noun (spherical ball)
- بيسة noun (spherical ball)
Turkish
4 entries- bilye noun (spherical ball)
- mermer noun (crystalline limestone)
- misket noun (spherical ball)
- ebrulamak verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ма́рмур noun (crystalline limestone)
Urdu
2 entries- سنگ مرمر noun (crystalline limestone)
- مرمر noun (crystalline limestone)
Uyghur
1 entries- مەرمەر noun (crystalline limestone)
Uzbek
1 entries- marmar noun (crystalline limestone)
Venetan
4 entries- marmo noun (crystalline limestone)
- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
- màlmaro noun (crystalline limestone)
- màrmaro noun (crystalline limestone)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cẩm thạch noun (crystalline limestone)
- đá hoa noun (crystalline limestone)
Volapük
2 entries- glöpil noun (spherical ball)
- maboin noun (crystalline limestone)
Welsh
3 entries- marblen noun (spherical ball)
- marblys noun (spherical ball)
- marmor noun (crystalline limestone)
West-Frisian
1 entries- moarmer noun (crystalline limestone)
Yakut
1 entries- мрамор noun (crystalline limestone)
Yiddish
3 entries- מאַרמאָר noun (crystalline limestone)
- מאַרמער noun (crystalline limestone)
- מירמל noun (crystalline limestone)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
He carved marble into a statue.
Source: tatoeba (301360)
They are chiseling a statue out of marble.
Source: tatoeba (307113)
Her hands felt as cold as marble.
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