marten

See also Marten, and Mårten

English

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Etymology

Middle English martren, martryn, from Anglo-Norman martrine 'marten fur', from Old Low Franconian *marþrin 'of marten fur' (cf. Middle Dutch martren), from *marþra 'marten' (compare Dutch marter), from Proto-Germanic *marþuz (compare Low German Mort, West Frisian murd 'polecat', Old English mearþ 'shrew'), originally 'wedding' (cf. Crimean Gothic marzus 'wedding'), from Proto-Indo-European *martus 'bride'. More at marry. For sense development, compare Italian donnola 'weasel', from donna 'lady', Greek nyfítsa 'weasel', from nymfē 'bride'.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑː(ɹ).tɪn/, /ˈmɑː(ɹ).tən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɑtən/, X-SAMPA: /"mAr\t@n/

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• Hyphenation: mar‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
• Homophones: martin, Martin (in some accents)

Noun

marten (plural martens)

1. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae.

Derived terms

terms derived from marten

American marten beech marten Japanese marten nilgiri marten

pine marten stone marten yellow-throated marten

Translations

mammal

• Abkhaz: цыҕ (ab) (cyġ)
• Albanian: zardafi (sq)
• Algonquin: wàbicèsè
• Armenian: կզաքիս (hy) (kzak'is)
• Basque: lepahori (eu)
• Belarusian: куніца (be) (kuníca) f
• Breton: mart (br)
• Bulgarian: бялка (bg) (bjálka) f
• Catalan: marta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貂 (cmn) (diāo)

• Czech: kuna (cs) f
• Danish: mår (da)
• Dutch: marter (nl) m
• Esperanto: marteso (eo)
• Estonian: nugis (et)
• Faroese: márur (fo)
• Finnish: näätä (fi)
• French: marte (fr) f, martre (fr) f
• Friulian: mardar, martar
• Galician: marta (gl) f
• Georgian: კვერნა (ka) (kverna)
• German: Marder (de) m
• Greek: δενδροκούναβο (el) (dendrokúnavo)
• Hungarian: nyuszt (hu), nyest (hu)
• Icelandic: mörður (is)
• Irish: cat crainn (ga)
• Italian: martora (it) f
• Japanese: テン (ja) (ten)
• Jèrriais: martre f
• Korean: 담비 (ko) (dam bi)

• Ladin: meder
• Latin: martes (la) f
• Latvian: cauna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: kiaunė (lt) f
• Macedonian: куна (mk) (kúna) f
• Narragansett: wappenagh
• Norwegian: mår (no)
• Occitan: marta (oc)
• Ojibwe: waabizheshi, waabizheshiwag pl
• Persian: سمور (fa) (samur)
• Polish: kuna (pl) f
• Portuguese: marta (pt)
• Romanian: jder (ro)
• Romansch: fiergna
• Russian: куница (ru) (kuníca) f
• Sami: neahti
• Sardinian: schirri (sc), isbirru (sc), marta (sc), martzu (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: taghan (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куна (sh) f

  Roman: kuna (sh) f, cibetka (sh) f

• Slovak: kuna (sk) f
• Slovene: kuna (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kuna f

  Upper Sorbian: kuna (hsb) f

• Spanish: marta (es) f
• Swedish: mård (sv)
• Turkish: sansar (tr)
• Ukrainian: куниця (uk) (kunýcja) f
• Welsh: bele (cy)
• West Frisian: marter (fy)

See also

• ferret
• fisher
• mink
• otter
• sable
• stoat
• weasel
• wolverine