Marrow

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

English

Etymology

Middle English mary, marow , marowe , marowȝ , from Old English mearg , from common Germanic *mazgō, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgo-.

Noun

marrow

1. (uncountable) the substance inside bones which makes blood cells.
2. (countable) a kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini.

Translations

• Chinese: 髓
• Czech: morek m
• Dutch: merg n (1), courgette (2)
• Ekspreso: medulo
• Finnish: luuydin (1), kesäkurpitsa (2)
• German: Mark (1), Flaschenkürbis (2)
• Interlingua: medulla
• Norwegian: marg
• Portuguese: medula f
• Romanica: medulla f
• Russian: сущность (sushchnost')
• Slovak: špik m
• Spanish: médula f
• Swedish: märg c