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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English martial, marcial, from Latin martiālis (“of Mars (Roman god of war)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːʃəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
- Homophone: marshal
Adjective[edit]
martial (comparative more martial, superlative most martial)
- Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
- Dryden
- But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
- Dryden
- Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 194, [1]
- He was lying on the table with head pillowed on the broken concertina and body sheltered with the Federal Flag, looking like a martial corpse.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 194, [1]
- (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.
- (medicine, chemistry, obsolete) Relating to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.
- martial preparations
- martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from martial (adjective)
Translations[edit]
of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike
relating to or connected with the armed forces or military life
characteristic of or befitting a warrior
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Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
martial
References[edit]
- 2000, Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin martialis of Mars (Roman god of war)
Adjective[edit]
martial (feminine singular martiale, masculine plural martiaux, feminine plural martiales)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “martial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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