mártir

See also: martir, mártír, and màrtir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈmah.t͡ʃih]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈmah.t͡ʃih]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃiɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈmaχ.t͡ʃiχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ.t͡ʃiɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.tiɾ/

• Hyphenation: már‧tir

Noun

mártir m or f by sense (plural mártires)

1. martyr (one who dies for his religion)
2. (by extension) martyr (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)

Related terms

• martírio
• martirizar

Descendants

• → Indonesian: martir

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾtiɾ/ [ˈmaɾ.t̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾtiɾ
• Syllabification: már‧tir

Noun

mártir m or f by sense (plural mártires)

1. martyr

Descendants

• → Tagalog: martir

See also

• martirio

Further reading

• “mártir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014