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[edit] English

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A hammer (tool).

[edit] Etymology

Old English hamor < Proto-Germanic *hamara-. Cognate with Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Swedish hammare.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"h{m.@(r)/

Rhymes: -æmə(r)
(US) IPA: /ˈhæmɚ/, SAMPA: /"h{m@`/

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[edit] Noun

Singular
hammer

Plural
hammers

hammer (plural hammers)

A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
(anatomy) The malleus.
(music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
(sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
(curling) The last rock in an end.
(Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from hammer (noun)

[edit] Translations

tool

Albanian: çekan sq(sq) m.
Amharic: መዶሻ (mädoša)
Armenian: մուրճ hy(hy) (murč̣)

Old Armenian: մուրճ (murč), ուռն (uṙn), կռան (kṙan)
Bosnian: čekić bs(bs) m.
Breton: morzhol br(br) m., morzholioù pl.
Catalan: martell m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 錘子, simpl. 锤子 (chuízi); trad. 榔頭, simpl. 榔头 (lángtou)

Min Nan: trad. 摃槌仔, simpl. 扛槌仔 (kòng-thûi-á)
Crimean Tatar: çöküç
Croatian: čekić hr(hr) m.
Czech: kladivo cs(cs) n.
Danish: hammer da(da) c.
Dutch: hamer nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: martelo eo(eo)
Finnish: vasara fi(fi)
French: marteau fr(fr) m.
Georgian: ჩაქუჩი ka(ka) (č'ak’uč’i), ურო ka(ka) (uro)
German: Hammer de(de) m.
Greek: σφυρί (sphyrí) n.
Hebrew: פַּטִּישׁ (pattísh)
Hungarian: kalapács hu(hu)
Icelandic: hamar is(is) m.
Ido: martelo
Indonesian: palu id(id)
Interlingua: martello
Italian: martello it(it) m.

Japanese: 金槌 (かなづち, kanazuchi), ハンマー (hammā)
Kazakh: балға kk(kk) (balğa)
Kurdish: çekûç m., keçûç m., چه‌کوچ
Latin: malleus la(la) m.
Latvian: āmurs m.
Luhya: enyundo
Macedonian: чекан mk(mk) (čékan) m.
Malayalam: ചുറ്റിക (chuttika)
Maltese: martell m.
Northern Sami: veažir
Norwegian (bokmål): hammer no(no) m.
Norwegian (nynorsk): hammar nn(nn) m.
Persian: چکش fa(fa) (chakosh)
Polish: młot pl(pl) m., młotek pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: martelo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: ciocan ro(ro) m.
Russian: молот ru(ru) (mólot) m.; молоток ru(ru) (molotók) m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: чекић m.

Roman: čekić m.
Sicilian: marteddu scn(scn) m.
Slovene: kladivo sl(sl) n.
Spanish: martillo es(es) m.
Swahili: nyundo sw(sw)
Swedish: hammare sv(sv) c.
Taos: moltìyu’úna
Telugu: సుత్తి (sutti)
Turkish: çekiç tr(tr)
West Frisian: hammer

part of a firearm

Danish: geværhane c.
Dutch: hamer nl(nl) m.
Finnish: iskuri fi(fi)
French: chien fr(fr) m.
Greek: επικρουστήρας el(el) (epikroustíras) n., λύκος el(el) (lýkos) m., κόκορας el(el) (kókoras) m.

Italian: cane it(it) m.
Russian: курок ru(ru) m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: ударач m.

Roman: udarač m.
Swahili: nyundo sw(sw)

malleus

See also malleus

Swahili: nyundo sw(sw)

piano part

Danish: hammer da(da) c.
Dutch: hamer nl(nl) m.

Finnish: vasara fi(fi)
Icelandic: hamar is(is) m.

frisbee throwing style

Swahili: nyundo sw(sw)

curling: last rock in an end

Swahili: nyundo sw(sw)

[edit] See also

mallet

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to hammer

Third person singular
hammers

Simple past
hammered

Past participle
hammered

Present participle
hammering

to hammer (third-person singular simple present hammers, present participle hammering, simple past and past participle hammered)

To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
(figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
(sports) To hit particularly hard.
To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from hammer (verb)

[edit] See also

hammer out

[edit] Translations

to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc

Macedonian: зачукува mk(mk) (začúkuva), кове mk(mk) (kóve), забива mk(mk) (zábiva)
Norwegian: hamre no(no), banke no(no)
Spanish: martillar es(es)
Swedish: hamra sv(sv)

(figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly

Dutch: op doorhameren nl(nl), inhameren nl(nl)

(sports) To hit particularly hard

Macedonian: зачукува mk(mk) (začúkuva)

to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer

Macedonian: чука mk(mk) (čúka)

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Breton: morzholat
Interlingua: martellar
Italian: martellare
Persian: جکش
Portuguese: martelar
Swedish: hamra

[edit] Danish

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Hammer

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ek-mon- (“‘stone’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ]

[edit] Noun

hammer c. (singular definite hammeren, plural indefinite hammere or hamre)

hammer

[edit] Inflection

Inflection of “hammer”

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	hammer	hammeren	hammere hamre	hammerne hamrene
genitive	hammers	hammerens	hammeres hamres	hammernes hamrenes

[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

[edit] Noun

hammer m.

hammer

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

hammer

hammer

hammer

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