martell

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan martell, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Occitan martèl, French marteau, Portuguese martelo and Italian martello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [mərˈte̞ʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [mərˈteʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾˈteʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [marˈteʎ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -eʎ

Noun

martell m (plural martells)

1. hammer (tool)
2. gavel
3. (anatomy) hammer (bone)

Derived terms

• amartellar
• martellada
• martellejar
• martellet

Further reading

• “martell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “martell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “martell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “martell”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Lombard

Etymology

From Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus.

Noun

martell

1. hammer

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian martello or from an older variant of Sicilian marteddu, both from Late Latin martellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈtɛll/
• Rhymes: -ɛll

Noun

martell m (plural mrietel, diminutive mrejtel)

1. hammer
   • 2019, Richard Cassar, “Iċ-Ċina: Tfal midruba minn raġel armat b’martell”, in Net News‎^[1]:

     Raġel armat b’martell attakka u darab lil talanqas 20 tfal fi skola primarja ta’ Beijing qabel spiċċa arrestat mill-pulizija.

     A man armed with a hammer attacked and wounded at least 20 children in a primary school in Beijing before ending up being arrested by police.

Related terms

• martel
• martellata
• martellatur
• martellina
• mmartella