different between balm vs malm

English

Etymology

From Middle English bawme, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French baume, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, itself from Ancient Greek ???????? (bálsamon). Spelling modified 16th c. to conform to Latin etymology. Doublet of balsam.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b?m/, /b?lm/
• Rhymes: -??m
• Homophone: bomb (for speakers with the father-bother merger)

Noun

balm (countable and uncountable, plural balms)

1. Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
2. A plant or tree yielding such substance.
3. Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.

   There is a balm in Gilead... (Spiritual)

4. (figuratively) Something soothing.

   Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.
5. The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
6. Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horse balm.

Synonyms

• (aromatic resin): balsam
• (plant or tree): balsam
• (soothing oil or lotion): balsam
• (something soothing): balsam

Related terms

• balmy
• balsam
• embalming

Translations

Verb

balm (third-person singular simple present balms, present participle balming, simple past and past participle balmed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To soothe; to mitigate.

See also

• lotion
• ointment
• unguent

Anagrams

• ALBM, BAML, LBMA, Lamb, blam, lamb

English

Etymology

From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmst?n (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.

Noun

malm (countable and uncountable, plural malms)

1. A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
2. An artificial mixture or chalk, clay, and sand, from which bricks are made. The resulting bricks have a light brown or yellowish color.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malm/, [mal?m]

Noun

malm c (singular definite malmen, plural indefinite malme)

1. ore
2. bronze, brass

Inflection

German

Verb

malm

1. singular imperative of malmen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of malmen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr

Pronunciation

Noun

malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmer, definite plural malmene)

1. ore

Derived terms

• jernmalm
• uranmalm

References

• “malm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”). Doublet of malme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?lm/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmar, definite plural malmane)

1. (countable and uncountable) ore
2. (countable and uncountable) cast iron
3. (countable and uncountable) heartwood, especially of a conifer

   Synonyms: kjerneved, al, malme

Derived terms

References

• “malm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malm

1. ore
2. (archaic) an alloy consisting of copper, zinc, lead and some tin
3. (archaic) the geological period of late Jurassic
4. (archaic) a hill or ridge consisting of sand or gravel
5. (regional) a field used by the military for exercise
6. (regional, Stockholm) an urban habituation area outside of the main city center

Declension

Descendants

• Finnish: malmi

Anagrams

• lamm