name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
marten
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
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UK: /ˈmɑː.tən/
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US: /ˈmɑɹ.tən/
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US: [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩]
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homophone: martin
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homophone: Martin (in some accents)
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Archaic form of martin (the bird).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
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noun
Meaning 5
agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marten cat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
Narrower terms: pine marten, Martes martes, sable, Martes zibellina, American marten, American sable, Martes americana, stone marten, beech marten, Martes foina, fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti, yellow-throated marten, Charronia flavigula
History
Etymology
From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced related Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.
Across languages
Translations
115 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: цыҕ (cəğ) — mammal
- Albanian: kunadhe — mammal
- Albanian: shqarth — mammal
- Algonquin: wàbicèsè — mammal
- Southern Altai: суузар (suuzar) — mammal
- Arabic: دَلَق (dalaq) — mammal
- Arabic: خَزّ (ḵazz) — mammal
- Arabic: سَنْسَار (sansār) — mammal
- Arabic: فَنَك (fanak) — mammal
- Armenian: կզաքիս (kzakʻis) — mammal
- Azerbaijani: dələ — mammal
- Bashkir: һыуһар (hıwhar) — mammal
- Basque: lepahori — mammal
- Belarusian: куні́ца (kuníca) — mammal
- Breton: mart — mammal
- Bulgarian: бя́лка (bjálka) — mammal
- Burmese: ဆတ်ခလောက် (hcathka.lauk) — mammal
- Catalan: marta — mammal
- Catalan: mart — mammal
- Chinese Mandarin: 貂 (diāo) — mammal
- Czech: kuna — mammal
- Danish: mår — mammal
- Dutch: marter — mammal
- Erzya: чинеме (čineme) — mammal
- Esperanto: marteso — mammal
- Estonian: nugis — mammal
- Faroese: márur — mammal
- Faroese: mørður — mammal
- Finnish: näätä — mammal
- French: marte — mammal
- West-Frisian: marter — mammal
- Friulian: mardar — mammal
- Friulian: martar — mammal
- Galician: marta — mammal
- Galician: fuíña — mammal
- Galician: lagaria — mammal
- Georgian: კვერნა (ḳverna) — mammal
- German: Marder — mammal
- Greek: δενδροκούναβο (dendrokoúnavo) — mammal
- Ancient Greek: ἴκτις (íktis) — mammal
- Hebrew: דלק (dalák) — mammal
- Hungarian: nyest — mammal
- Hungarian: nyuszt — mammal
- Hungarian: coboly — mammal
- Icelandic: mörður — mammal
- Ingrian: kunitsa — mammal
- Ingrian: näätä — mammal
- Irish: cat crainn — mammal
- Italian: martora — mammal
- Japanese: テン (ten) — mammal
- Kalmyk: сувср (suvsr) — mammal
- Kazakh: сусар (susar) — mammal
- Komi-Permyak: тулан (tulan) — mammal
- Komi-Zyrian: тулан (tulan) — mammal
- Korean: 담비 (dambi) — mammal
- Ladin: meder — mammal
- Latin: martēs — mammal
- Latvian: cauna — mammal
- Lithuanian: kiaunė — mammal
- Macedonian: куна (kuna) — mammal
- Malay: mengkira — mammal
- Malay: samur — mammal
- Manx: kayt billey — mammal
- Eastern Mari: луй (luj) — mammal
- Western Mari: лый (lyj) — mammal
- Mi'kmaq: apistanewj — mammal
- Mongolian: суусар (suusar) — mammal
- Nanai: харсан (harsan) — mammal
- Narragansett: wappenagh — mammal
- Norman: martre — mammal
- Norwegian Bokmål: mår — mammal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mår — mammal
- Occitan: marta — mammal
- Ojibwe: waabizheshi — mammal
- Ojibwe: waabizheshiwag — mammal
- Old English: mearþ — mammal
- Persian: سمور (samur) — mammal
- Persian: خز (xaz) — mammal
- Polish: kuna — mammal
- Portuguese: marta — mammal
- Romanian: jder — mammal
- Romansh: fiergna — mammal
- Romansh: guis — mammal
- Russian: куни́ца (kuníca) — mammal
- Inari-Sami: neeti — mammal
- Kildin-Sami: не̄дтҍ (niedt’) — mammal
- Lule-Sami: niehte — mammal
- Northern Sami: neahti — mammal
- Pite Sami: marrta — mammal
- Skolt-Sami: niẹʹtt — mammal
- Southern Sami: maarhte — mammal
- Ter Sami: niette — mammal
- Ume-Sami: martta — mammal
- Sardinian: schirri — mammal
- Sardinian: isbirru — mammal
- Sardinian: marta — mammal
- Sardinian: martzu — mammal
- Scottish Gaelic: taghan — mammal
- Serbo-Croatian: куна — mammal
- Serbo-Croatian: kuna — mammal
- Serbo-Croatian: cibetka — mammal
- Sicilian: màrtura — mammal
- Slovak: kuna — mammal
- Slovene: kuna — mammal
- Lower Sorbian: kuna — mammal
- Upper Sorbian: kuna — mammal
- Spanish: marta — mammal
- Swedish: mård — mammal
- Turkish: sansar — mammal
- Ottoman Turkish: صڭسار (sañsar) — mammal
- Tuvan: күзен (küzen) — mammal
- Udmurt: сёр (śor) — mammal
- Ukrainian: куни́ця (kunýcja) — mammal
- Welsh: bele — mammal
- Yiddish: מאַרדער (marder) — mammal
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