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beech marten

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Martes foina, a marten of Eurasia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: house marten, stone marten, white breasted marten

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stone marten, Martes foina

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marten, marten cat

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fishnjar — Martes foina
  • Arabic: دَلَق (dalaq) — Martes foina
  • Armenian: կուզ (kuz) — Martes foina
  • Armenian: քարակզաքիս (kʻarakzakʻis) — Martes foina
  • Asturian: fuina — Martes foina
  • Asturian: fuina de la papalba blanca — Martes foina
  • Asturian: garduña — Martes foina
  • Belarusian: каменная куніца (kamjennaja kunica) — Martes foina
  • Belarusian: беладушка (bjeladuška) — Martes foina
  • Breton: kaerell vras — Martes foina
  • Bulgarian: бе́лка (bélka) — Martes foina
  • Bulgarian: бя́лка (bjálka) — Martes foina
  • Catalan: fagina — Martes foina
  • Czech: kuna skalní — Martes foina
  • Dutch: steenmarter — Martes foina
  • Esperanto: foino — Martes foina
  • Finnish: kivinäätä — Martes foina
  • Finnish: kylänäätä — Martes foina
  • French: fouine — Martes foina
  • Galician: garduña — Martes foina
  • Galician: fuíña — Martes foina
  • Galician: furatoxos — Martes foina
  • German: Steinmarder — Martes foina
  • Greek: κουνάβι (kounávi) — Martes foina
  • Ancient Greek: ἴκτις (íktis) — Martes foina
  • Ancient Greek: ἶδυξ (îdux) — Martes foina
  • Hebrew: דלק הסלעים — Martes foina
  • Hungarian: nyest — Martes foina
  • Irish: cat crainn clochra — Martes foina
  • Italian: faina — Martes foina
  • Japanese: 胸白貂 (munajiro ten) — Martes foina
  • Korean: 바위담비 (bawidambi) — Martes foina
  • Maltese: martora tal-ġebel — Martes foina
  • Eastern Mari: ошлуй (ošluj) — Martes foina
  • Khiamniungan Naga: khìngpùh — Martes foina
  • Polish: kuna domowa — Martes foina
  • Portuguese: fuinha — Martes foina
  • Russian: ка́менная куни́ца (kámennaja kuníca) — Martes foina
  • Sicilian: bèḍḍula — Martes foina
  • Spanish: garduña — Martes foina
  • Turkish: sansar — Martes foina
  • Ottoman Turkish: صڭسار (sañsar) — Martes foina
  • Ukrainian: куниця кам'яна (kunycja kamʺjana) — Martes foina
  • Vietnamese: chồn sồi — Martes foina