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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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 (US) marteling or (UK) martelling, simple past and past participle (US) marteled or (UK) 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

• Audio:

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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

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

martel m (plural martels)

1. archaic form 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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmartəl/ [ˈmar.t̪əl]
• Rhymes: -artəl
• Syllabification: mar‧tel

Noun

martel (plural martel-martel)

1. (cooking) syllabic abbreviation of martabak telur (“egg martabak”)

Maltese

Root
m-r-t-l
1 term

Etymology

Denominal verb from martell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tɛl/
• Rhymes: -artɛl

Verb

martel (imperfect jmartel, verbal noun tmartil)

1. alternative form of mmartella: to hammer

Conjugation

Conjugation of martel (Form Iq)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	martiltx	martiltx	martelx	martilniex	martiltux	martlux
	f			martlitx
imperfect	m	mmartelx	tmartelx	jmartelx	mmartlux	tmartlux	jmartlux
	f			tmartelx
imperative			tmartelx			tmartlux

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