martre

Danish

Etymology

Via German martern (“to torment”), derived from Marter (“torture”), from Late Latin martyrium (“martyrdom”) from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑːtˢʁ̥ɐ]

Verb

martre (imperative martr, infinitive at martre, present tense martrer, past tense martrede, perfect tense martret)

1. (archaic) to torment

   Synonyms: pine, hjemsøge

Inflection

Conjugation of martre

active passive infinitive martre martres present martrer martres past martrede martredes imperative martr — participle present martrende past (have / havde) martret gerund martren

References

• “martre” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Une martre ― A marten

Alternative forms

• marte

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French martre, from Old French martre, from Frankish *marþr, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, which see.

Xavier Delamarre in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (2003) proposes confluence with a Gaulish *martalos. This is only attested as a personal name, however, of which neither meaning nor Celtic origin are certain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁtʁ

Noun

martre f (plural martres)

1. marten (animal)

Further reading

• “martre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmartrə/, [ˈmaʁ.tʁə], [ˈmaɐ̯-], [ˈmaː-]

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Verb

martre

1. inflection of martern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle French

Alternative forms

• marte

Etymology

Inherited from Old French martre, borrowed from Frankish *marþr.

Noun

martre f (plural martres)

1. marten (animal)

Descendants

• French: martre, marte

Norman

Etymology

From Frankish *martar.

Noun

martre f (plural martres)

1. (Jersey) marten (animal)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From a Middle Low German cognate to Middle High German martern, marteren (“torture”).

Verb

martre (present tense martrer, past tense martra or martret, past participle martra or martret)

1. (mental or spiritual) torment

References

• “martre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *marþr.

Noun

martre oblique singular, f (oblique plural martres, nominative singular martre, nominative plural martres)

1. marten (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: martre, marte
  • French: martre, marte
  • → Portuguese: marta
  • → Spanish: marta
• →? Middle Dutch: (might also be inherited with irregular consonantal development) marter, māerter, martel
  • Dutch: marter
    • → West Frisian: marter