hammer

See also: Hammer

English

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A hammer (tool).

Etymology

From Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). The Germanic *hamaraz "tool with a stone head" derives from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros (compare Sanskrit [script?] (aśmará, “stony”)), itself a derivation from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

For *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), compare Lithuanian akmuõ, Russian камень (kamen'), Serbo-Croatian kamēn, Albanian kmesë 'sickle', Ancient Greek ἄκμων (akmōn, “meteor rock, anvil”), Avestan [script?] (asman), Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman)) (root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æmə(r)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæmɚ/

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Noun

hammer (plural hammers)

1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
2. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
3. (anatomy) The malleus of the ear.
4. (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
5. (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
6. (curling) The last rock in an end.
7. (Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
8. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
9. One who, or that which, smites or shatters.

   St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.

   • J. H. Newman

     He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the massive iron hammers of the whole earth.

Derived terms

terms derived from hammer (noun)

ball peen hammer claw hammer cross peen hammer hammer and sickle hammerhead

hammer toe sledgehammer straight peen hammer war hammer Warrington hammer

Translations

tool

• Abaza: жьахIва́ (ž̍āxIvā́)
• Abkhaz: ажьаҳәа (āž̍āḥwā)
• Adyghe: уатэ́ (wātắ), уадэ (wādă), отэшху́ (otăšx°́)
• Afrikaans: hamer
• Alabama: isbatatka, isbatka
• Albanian: çekan (sq) m, çekiç (sq) m
• Alsatian: Hàmmer
• Altai: маска
• Amharic: መዶሻ (mädoša)
• Arabic: مطرقة (ar) f (miṭraqa)
• Aragonese: martiello m
• Aramaic: ܐܪܙܦܬܐ
• Armenian: մուրճ (murč)

  Old Armenian: մուրճ (murč), ուռն (uṙn), կռան (kṙan)

• Asturian: martiellu m
• Avar: квартІа (kwartІa)
• Aymara: please add this translation if you can
• Azeri: çəkic (az)
• Bambara: marito
• Banjarese: tukul
• Bashkir: сүкеш (sükeš), балға (balğa)
• Basque: mailu
• Bats: kʼver
• Belarusian: мо́лат m (mólat), малато́к m (malatók)
• Bengali: হাতুড়ি (hatuŗi)
• Berber:

  Central Atlas Tamazight: tasmart

  Kabyle: tafḍist

• Bikol Central: dongsol, martilyo
• Bislama: hama
• Breton: morzhol (br) m, morzholioù pl
• Bulgarian: чук (bg) m (čuk)
• Burmese: တူ (my) (tu)
• Buryat: балта (balta), алха (alxa)
• Catalan: martell (ca) m
• Cebuano: martilyo
• Chamorro: måttiyu
• Chechen: варзап (warzap)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ (gohusdi gvtanidasdi)
• Cheyenne: tôhohko
• Chichewa: nyundo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錘子, 锤子 (zh) (chuízi), 榔頭, 榔头 (zh) (lángtou)

  Min Nan: 摃槌仔 (zh-min-nan), 扛槌仔 (kòng-thûi-á)

• Chuvash: мăлатук (mălatuk)
• Cornish: morthol m
• Corsican: martellu m
• Cree: ᐸᑲᒫᑲᓂᐢ (pakamâkanis)
• Crimean Tatar: çöküç
• Czech: kladivo (cs) n
• Dakota: iyokataŋ, maziaphe
• Danish: hammer (da) c
• Dhivehi: މަރުތެޔޮ (marutheyo)
• Dutch: hamer (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཐོཝ
• Emilian: martèl m, martel m
• Erzya: молотка (molotka)
• Esperanto: martelo (eo)
• Estonian: haamer (et), vasar (et)
• Evenki: халкачан, халка
• Extremaduran: maltillu
• Faroese: hamari m
• Fiji Hindi: haamaa
• Fijian: ituki
• Finnish: vasara (fi)
• French: marteau (fr) m
• Friulian: martiel m
• Futunian: āmale
• Gagauz: çokan, çekiç
• Galician: martelo m
• Gallo: martet
• Georgian: ჩაქუჩი (č’ak’uč’i), ურო (uro)
• German: Hammer (de) m
• Gilbertese: aama
• Greek: σφυρί (el) n (sfyrí)

  Griko: martèddhi n

• Greenlandic: kaataq
• Guaraní: mbotaha
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Haitian Creole: mato
• Hausa: gùdumā̀, hamā̀
• Hawaiian: hāmale, hamare
• Hebrew: פַּטִּישׁ (he) m (patísh)
• Hindi: हथौड़ा m (hathauṛā)
• Hungarian: kalapács (hu)
• Icelandic: hamar (is) m
• Ido: martelo (io)
• Ilocano: martilio
• Indonesian: palu (id)
• Ingush: жIов (žIow), гон (gon)
• Interlingua: martello
• Interlingue: martell
• Irish: casúr m
• Italian: martello (it) m
• Japanese: 金槌 (かなづち, kanazuchi), 槌 (ja) (づち, zuchi), ハンマー (hanmā)
• Javanese: gandhèn
• Jèrriais: marté m
• Kalmyk: алх (alx)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Kapampangan: pamukpuk, martiliu
• Karachay-Balkar: чёгюч
• Karelian: vazara, pal’l’u
• Kashubian: młotk, mérk
• Kazakh: балға (balğa)
• Khakas: пасха, пасхаӌах
• Khanty: кеви (kevi), сяк (sâk)
• Khmer: ញញួរ (km) (ñɔñuə)
• Kirundi: inyundo
• Kildin Sami: ве̄жяр
• Komi: мӧлӧт (mölöt)
• Kongo: nkonko
• Konkani: आथोडि (aathoDi)
• Korean: 망치 (ko) (mang-chi)
• Kumyk: чёгюч
• Kurdish: çekûç (ku) m, keçûç (ku) m

  Sorani: چه‌کوچ

• Kyrgyz: барскан (barskan)
• Ladin: martel m
• Lao: ຄ້ອນຕີ (lo) (khǭn tī)
• Latgalian: vasars m
• Latin: malleus (la) m, (Late Latin) martellus m
• Latvian: āmurs m, veseris m
• Laz: languri
• Lezgi: кIаш (kIaš), кIута (kIuta)
• Ligurian: martello m
• Limburgish: hamel m

• Lingala: ebétele, yende
• Lithuanian: plaktukas m, kūjis m
• Livonian: vazār
• Lojban: mruli
• Lombard: martel m, martee m
• Low German: Hamer
• Lower Sorbian: klapac m
• Luganda: ennyondo, okukomerera
• Luhya: enyundo
• Luxembourgish: Hummer m
• Maasai: e-nyúntù
• Macedonian: че́кан m (čékan)
• Malagasy: famepika
• Malay: tukul, palu, penukul, martil
• Malayalam: ചുറ്റിക (cuttika)
• Maltese: martell m
• Manx: oard
• Maori: pākuru
• Marathi: हातोडा (haatodee)
• Mari: чö́гыт (čö́gyt), мо́лот m (mólot)
• Megleno-Romanian: tšecán
• Mirandese: martielho m
• Moksha: молатка (molatka)
• Mongolian: алх (alh)
• Nahuatl: tepuztlatetzotzonaloni, tlateuiloni
• Nanai: палоа
• Nauruan: amar
• Neapolitan: martiello m
• Nenets: ма
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Nganasan: мыә
• Ngarrindjeri: yerungi
• Nogai: шоькиш, таптавыш
• North Frisian: höömerk
• Northern Sami: veažir
• Northern Sotho: nôtô, hamola
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hammer (no) m

  Nynorsk: hammar m

• Occitan: martèl m
• Old Norse: hamarr
• Old Prussian: hamer
• Oromo: madooshaa
• Ossetian: дзæбуг (ʒæbug)
• Pachto: څېټۍ
• Pali: muggaro
• Persian: چکش (fa) (čakoš)
• Picard: martieau m
• Piedmontese: martel m
• Plautdietsch: Homa m
• Polish: młot (pl) m, młotek (pl) m
• Pontic Greek: τσακούτς
• Portuguese: martelo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹਥੌੜਾ (hathauṛā)
• Quechua: takana
• Romagnol: martel m
• Romanian: ciocan (ro) m
• Romansch: martè m
• Russian: мо́лот (ru) m (mólot), молото́к (ru) m (molotók)
• Rwanda: inyundo class 9/10
• Samoan: samala
• Samogitian: kūjātis
• Sanskrit: मुद्गर (mudgara)
• Sardinian: marteddu m
• Saterland Frisian: Hoomer
• Scots: haimer
• Scottish Gaelic: òrd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чекић m

  Roman: čekić m

• Selkup: сөлы
• Setswana: noto, hamore
• Sherpa: थो (tho)
• Shona: nyundo
• Shor: масқа
• Sicilian: marteddu (scn) m
• Silesian: hamer
• Sinhala: මිටිය (miṭiya)
• Slovak: kladivo n
• Slovene: kladivo (sl) n
• Somali: cuddad
• Sotho: noto class 9/10, hamore class 9/10
• Spanish: martillo (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: ambra
• Sundanese: palu, martil
• Swahili: nyundo (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: hammare (sv) c
• Tagalog: martilyo, pamukpok
• Tahitian: tiapai, tupai
• Tamil: சுத்தியல் (cuttiyal)
• Taos: moltìyu’úna
• Tatar: чүкеч (çükeç)
• Telugu: సుత్తి (te) (sutti)
• Tetum: martelu
• Thai: ค้อน (th) (kón)
• Tibetan: ཐོ་བ (tho ba)
• Tigrinya: ማርተሎ (marətelo)
• Turkish: çekiç (tr)
• Turkmen: çekiç
• Tuvan: алага (alaga), маска (maska)
• Udmurt: чекыч (čekyč), чӧкыч (čӧkyč)
• Uighur:

  Arabic: بولقا (bolqa)

  Cyrillic: болқа (болқа)

  Latin: bolqa

• Ukrainian: мо́лот m (mólot), молото́к m (molotók)
• Upper Sorbian: hamor m
• Urdu: ہتوڑا m (hathauṛā)
• Uzbek: bolg'a
• Veps: pal’l’
• Vietnamese: búa (vi)
• Vilamovian: homer
• Volapük: fög (vo)
• Võro: vassar
• Votic: vasara
• Wallisian: hāmale
• Wallon: mârtia
• Waray-Waray: martilyo
• Welsh: morthwyl (cy) m
• West Frisian: hammer
• West Flemish: oamer
• Western Abenaki: bagam8gan-al, malto
• Wolof: marto
• Xhosa: ihamile
• Yiddish: האַמער m (hamer)
• Yucatec Maya: bahab
• Yakut: өтүйэ (ötüye), балта (balta)
• Yoruba: òlù
• Zulu: isando class 7/8

part of a firearm

• Bulgarian: у́дарник (bg) m (údarnik), петле́ (bg) n (petlé)
• Danish: geværhane c
• Dutch: hamer (nl) m
• Finnish: hana (fi), iskuvasara
• French: chien (fr) m
• Greek: επικρουστήρας (el) n (epikroustíras), (colloquial) λύκος (el) m (lýkos), (colloquial) κόκορας (el) m (kókoras)
• Italian: cane (it) m, percussore m
• Manx: casoor m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hane (no) m (literally cock)

• Russian: курок (ru) m (kurok)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ударач m

  Roman: udarač m

• Spanish: percutor (es) m
• Swahili: nyundo (sw)

malleus (see also malleus)

• Catalan: martell (ca) m
• German: Hammer (de) m
• Greek: σφύρα (el) f (sfýra)
• Irish: casúirín m, mailléas m
• Latvian: āmuriņš m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hammer (no) m

• Polish: młoteczek (pl) m
• Swahili: nyundo (sw)
• Turkish: çekiç (tr)

piano part

• Danish: hammer (da) c
• Dutch: hamer (nl) m
• Finnish: vasara (fi)
• German: Hammer (de) m

• Greek: πλήκτρο (el) n (plíktro)
• Icelandic: hamar (is) m
• Irish: casúr m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hammer (no) m

frisbee throwing style

• Swahili: nyundo (sw)

curling: last rock in an end

• Swahili: nyundo (sw)

device made of a heavy steel ball

• German: Hammer (de) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slegge (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: sleggje f

See also

• mallet

Verb

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

1. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
   • Dryden

     hammered money

3. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
4. (sports) To hit particularly hard.
   • 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, BBC:

     This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd.

5. To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

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

6. (figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly

   We hammered them 5-0!

Derived terms

terms derived from hammer (verb)

hammered (adjective) hammerer

sledgehammer (verb)

See also

• hammer out

Translations

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

• Danish: hamre
• Dutch: hameren (nl), timmeren (nl)
• Finnish: vasaroida (fi), takoa
• French: marteler (fr)
• Ido: martelagar (io)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کوتین

• Luxembourgish: hummeren
• Macedonian: зачукува (začúkuva), кове (kóve), забива (zábiva)

• Maori: ike, pāike
• Norwegian: hamre, banke (no)
• Portuguese: martelar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: čekićati, kovati
• Spanish: martillar
• Swedish: hamra (sv)
• Turkish: çekiçlemek (tr)
• Welsh: morthwylio (cy)

(figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly

• Dutch: op doorhameren, inhameren

• French: marteler (fr)

(sports) To hit particularly hard

• Macedonian: зачукува (začúkuva)

to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer

• Macedonian: чука (čúka)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

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

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Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ]

Noun

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

1. hammer

Inflection

Inflection of hammer

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

Noun

hammer m

1. hammer

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare English hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer.

Noun

hammer

1. hammer