marten

See also: Marten and Mårten

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.tɪn/, /ˈmɑː.tən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.tən/, [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩]

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• Hyphenation: mar‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
• Homophones: martin, Martin (in some accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Noun

marten (plural martens)

Stuffed European pine marten.

1. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae.

Derived terms

• American marten
• beech marten
• Japanese marten
• nilgiri marten
• pine marten
• stone marten
• yellow-throated marten

 

Translations

mammal

• Abkhaz: цыҕ (cəγ)
• Albanian: zardafi, zardaf (sq) m
• Algonquin: wàbicèsè
• Armenian: կզաքիս (hy) (kzakʿis)
• Bashkir: һыуһар (hïwhar)
• Basque: lepahori
• Belarusian: куні́ца f (kuníca)
• Breton: mart (br)
• Bulgarian: бя́лка f (bjálka)
• Catalan: marta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貂 (zh) (diāo)

• Czech: kuna (cs) f
• Danish: mår c
• Dutch: marter (nl) m
• Erzya: чинеме (čineme)
• Esperanto: marteso
• Estonian: nugis
• Faroese: márur, mørður m
• Finnish: näätä (fi)
• French: marte (fr) f
• Friulian: mardar, martar
• Galician: marta f, fuíña f, lagaria f
• Georgian: კვერნა (ḳverna)
• German: Marder (de) m
• Greek: δενδροκούναβο (dendrokoúnavo)

  Ancient: ἴκτις f (íktis)

• Hungarian: nyuszt (hu), nyest (hu)
• Icelandic: mörður (is)
• Inari Sami: neeti
• Irish: cat crainn (ga)
• Italian: martora (it) f
• Japanese: テン (ja) (ten)
• Kazakh: сусар (swsar)
• Kildin Sami: не̄дтҍ (njēdtʹ)
• Korean: 담비 (ko) (dambi)
• Ladin: meder
• Latin: martes f
• Latvian: cauna f
• Lithuanian: kiaunė (lt) f
• Lule Sami: niehte

• Macedonian: куна f (kuna)
• Manx: kayt billey m
• Mi'kmaq: apistanewj anim
• Mongolian: суусар (mn) (suusar)
• Narragansett: wappenagh
• Norman: martre f (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: neahti
• Norwegian: mår
• Occitan: marta (oc)
• Ojibwe: waabizheshi, waabizheshiwag pl
• Old English: mearþ m
• Persian: سمور‎ (fa) (samur), خز‎ (fa) (xaz)
• Pite Sami: marrta
• Polish: kuna (pl) f
• Portuguese: marta (pt)
• Romanian: jder (ro)
• Romansch: fiergna
• Russian: куни́ца (ru) f (kuníca)
• Sardinian: schirri, isbirru, marta, martzu
• Scottish Gaelic: taghan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куна f

  Roman: kuna (sh) f, cibetka f

• Skolt Sami: niẹʹtt
• Slovak: kuna (sk) f
• Slovene: kuna (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kuna f

  Upper Sorbian: kuna f

• Southern Altai: суузар (suuzar)
• Southern Sami: maarhte
• Spanish: marta f
• Swedish: mård (sv)
• Ter Sami: niette
• Turkish: sansar (tr)
• Ukrainian: куни́ця f (kunýcja)
• Ume Sami: martta
• Welsh: bele
• West Frisian: marter
• Yiddish: מאַרדער‎ m (marder)

See also

• badger
• ermine
• ferret
• fisher
• mink
• otter
• sable
• stoat
• weasel
• wolverine

Etymology 2

Noun

marten (plural martens)

1. Archaic form of martin (the bird)
   • 1829, Magazine of Natural History (volume 1, page 402)

     Towards the end of the month, swallows and house martens congregate, and are often seen resting on the ridges or sloping roofs of buildings.

Anagrams

• Arment, rament