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protomartyr

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the first Christian martyrs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Middle English prothomartir, prothomartyr, from Middle French prothomartir and Medieval Latin prōtomartyr, from Koine Greek πρωτομάρτυς (prōtomártus). By surface analysis, proto- + martyr.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: першаму́чанік (pjeršamúčanik) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Belarusian: першаму́чаніца (pjeršamúčanica) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Bulgarian: първомъченик (pǎrvomǎčenik) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Bulgarian: първомъченица (pǎrvomǎčenica) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Catalan: protomàrtir — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Czech: prvomučedník — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Czech: prvomučednice — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Danish: protomartyr — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Dutch: protomartelaar — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Dutch: protomartelares — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Finnish: protomarttyyri — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • French: protomartyr — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • French: protomartyre — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Galician: protomártir — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Georgian: პირველმოწამე (ṗirvelmoc̣ame) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • German: Protomärtyrer — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • German: Protomärtyrerin — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Greek: πρωτομάρτυρας (protomártyras) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Italian: protomartire — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Latin: protomartyr — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Macedonian: првомаченик (prvomačenik) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Portuguese: protomártir — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Romanian: întâi mucenic — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Romanian: întâia muceniță — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Romanian: protomartir — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Russian: первому́ченик (pervomúčenik) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Russian: первому́ченица (pervomúčenica) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Serbo-Croatian: првомученик — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Serbo-Croatian: првомученица — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Slovak: prvomučeník — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Slovak: prvomučenica — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Spanish: protomártir — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Ukrainian: першомученик (peršomučenyk) — any of the first Christian martyrs
  • Ukrainian: першомучениця (peršomučenycja) — any of the first Christian martyrs