Martian

English

Etymology

From Latin Mārtius +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːʃən/, X-SAMPA: /"mA:(r\)S@n/
• (US) enPR: märʹshən, IPA: /ˈmɑɹʃən/, X-SAMPA: /"mAr\S@n/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃən

Adjective

Martian (not comparable)

1. (astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) Pertaining to war or battle; military. [15th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.5:

     The judges, which thereto selected were, / Into the Martian field adowne descended / To deeme this doutfull case, for which they all contended.

3. Of or relating to the planet Mars or its imagined inhabitants. [from 19th c.]
   • 2004, Mark Pilkington, The Guardian, 8 Jan 2004:

     She claimed her astral body was transported to the planet, so she was able to draw detailed Martian landscapes and to speak and write its language.

Derived terms

• Martianism
• Martian poetry
• Martian blueberry
• Martian spherule

Translations

pertaining to the planet Mars

• Dutch: Mars- (nl), van Mars (nl) (literally: of Mars)
• Finnish: marsilainen (fi)
• French: martien (fr) m, martienne (fr) f
• German: marsianisch (de)
• Hungarian: marsi (hu) (of planet), marslakó (hu) (of inhabitants)
• Irish: Marsach (ga)
• Italian: marziano (it) m, marziana (it) f

• Japanese: 火星の… (ja) (kasei no)
• Latin: (literally: of Mars) Martis (la) m
• Polish: marsjański (pl)
• Russian: марсианский (ru) (marsiánskij)
• Spanish: marciano (es)
• Swedish: marsiansk (sv)

Noun

Wikipedia Martian (plural Martians)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Mars.

Translations

imaginary inhabitant of the planet Mars

• Arabic: مريخي (ar) (mariikhiy) m
• Breton: Meurzhiad (br) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火星人 (cmn) (Huǒxīng-rén)

• Czech: Marťan (cs) m
• Dutch: marsmannetje n
• Esperanto: marsano (eo) (male or female), marsanino (eo) (female)
• Finnish: marsilainen (fi)
• French: martien (fr) m, martienne (fr) f (also: Martien (fr) m, Martienne (fr) f)
• German: Marsianer (de) m, Marsianerin (de) f
• Hungarian: marslakó (hu)
• Icelandic: marsbúi (is) m
• Irish: Marsach (ga) m

• Italian: marziano (it) m, marziana (it) f
• Japanese: 火星人 (ja) (かせいじん, Kasei-jin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marsboer (no) m, marsbuer (no) m

  Nynorsk: marsbuar (nn) m, Mars-buar (nn) m

• Persian: مریخی (fa) (merrixi)
• Polish: Marsjanin (pl) m, Marsjanka (pl) f
• Russian: марсианин (ru) (marsiánin) m, марсианка (ru) (marsiánka) f, марсиане (ru) (marsiáne) pl
• Serbo-Croatian: Марсовац (sh) (Marsovac) m, Марсовка (sh) (Marsovka) f
• Spanish: marciano (es) m
• Swedish: marsian (sv) c, marsmänniska (sv) c

See also

• little green man
• Venusian
• Terran

Anagrams

• Martina
• tamarin