martel

See also: martèl, and Martel

English

Etymology

From Middle English martel, from Old French martel m (modern French marteau m), from Late Latin martellus m, from Latin martulus m, a variant of marculus m (“small hammer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːtəl/

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Noun

martel (plural martels)

1. A hammer, especially a war hammer.

Synonyms

• (medieval hammer-like weapon): pole hammer, war hammer

Related terms

• martel de fer

 

Verb

martel (third-person singular simple present martels, present participle martelling, simple past and past participle martelled)

1. (obsolete) To strike a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Her dreadfull weapon she to him addrest,
     Which on his helmet martelled so hard
     That made him low incline his lofty crest,
     And bowd his battred visour to his brest

See also

• Martel (surname)

Anagrams

• Tramel, armlet, malter, tramel

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑrtəl

Verb

martel

1. inflection of martelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

martel m (plural martels)

1. Archaic spelling of marteau.

Derived terms

• se mettre martel en tête

Further reading

• “martel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Maltese

Root
m-r-t-l
1 term

Etymology

Denominal verb of martell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tɛl/

Verb

martel (imperfect jmartel, verbal noun tmartil)

1. Alternative form of mmartella: to hammer

Conjugation

Conjugation of martel
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	martilt	martilt	martel		martilna	martiltu	martlu
	f			martlet
imperfect	m	mmartel	tmartel	jmartel		mmartlu	tmartlu	jmartlu
	f			tmartel
imperative			martel				martlu

Related terms

• martell
• martellata
• martellatur
• martellina
• mmartella

 

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

martel m (plural martels)

1. (Jersey) cognac

Synonyms

• couongnac

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin martellus m, from Latin martulus m, variant of Latin marculus m.

Noun

martel oblique singular, m (oblique plural marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative singular marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative plural martel)

1. hammer (tool)

Derived terms

• marteler

Descendants

• Middle French: marteau m
  • French: marteau m
    • → Algerian Arabic: مارطو m (marṭu)
• Norman: marté m (Jersey)
• Walloon: mårtea m
• → Middle English: martel
  • English: martel
• → Dutch: martel