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Meaning of pulvis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈpʊɫ.wɪs]

Definitions

  1. dust, powder, ashes
  2. an arena, place of contest
  3. toil, effort, labor

Equivalents

العربية رماد سكن
Deutsch Asche
Ελληνικά στάχτη
English Ashes dust effort labor powder Toil
Español cenizas
Suomi poro
Galego cinsa
עברית עפר
हिन्दी अस्थि ख़ाक छाई राख
日本語 灰燼 燃えさし
한국어 회신
Latina cinerarius
Latviešu pelni
Polski prochy
Português cinzas
Русский зола
Српски pepeo пепео прах
Svenska aska
ไทย เถ้า
Türkçe kul
Українська прах
Tiếng Việt mun

Examples

“‘mittite mē in Tiberim, Tiberīnīs vectus ut undīs”

“Release [my body] into the Tiber [River], so that, carried by the waves of the Tiber, I may go as lifeless dust to the Inachian shore.”

“pulvis es et in pulverem revertēris.”

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (King James ver.)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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