name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Martin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mart
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Pronunciation
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General-American: märt
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General-American: /mɑɹt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /mɑːt/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Mars, god of war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A shop, a store, a market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Philippines, US, in-compounds, usually
Examples
- FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart
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noun
Meaning 4
A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast.
- Their facility is one of the largest livestock auction marts in the Scottish Highlands.
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noun
Meaning 5
A bargain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A battle; a contest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
Salt beef.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: the animal or its meat
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verb
Meaning 10
To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To traffic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
Meaning 12
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marketplace, market place, market
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Broader terms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet
Narrower terms: agora, public square, bazaar, bazar, grocery store, grocery, food market, market, open-air market, open-air marketplace, market square, slave market
History
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.
From Latin Mārs. See Mart.
Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above.
Scottish English, from Middle English, from a Scottish Gaelic root, see mart (“cow prepared for killing”).