martin

See also: Martin, martîn, Martín, and Martîn

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
• Hyphenation: mar‧tin
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
• Homophone: marten

Etymology 1

From Middle French martin (French martinet).

Noun

martin (plural martins)

1. Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1008064829, page 150:

     Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.

Derived terms

• crag martin
• house martin
• martinet
• sand martin

Translations

bird

• Bulgarian: градска лястовица f (gradska ljastovica)
• Catalan: falcillot m
• Chechen: чӏегӏардиг (čʼeğardig)
• Cherokee: ᏡᏡ (tlutlu)
• Finnish: pääsky (fi)
• French: martinet (fr) m
• Galician: avión (gl) m, anduriña (gl) f
• German: Mehlschwalbe f
• Hungarian: molnárfecske (hu)
• Irish: gabhlán m
• Latgalian: čūrkste f
• Latvian: čurkste f
• Lithuanian: kregždė (lt) f
• Romanian: rândunică de casă f, lăstun (ro) m
• Russian: городска́я ла́сточка f (gorodskája lástočka), стриж (ru) m (striž)
• Scottish Gaelic: gobhlan m
• Spanish: avión (es) m

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

martin (plural martins)

1. A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

Further reading

• martin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• swallow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for martin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• Antrim, matrin

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.tɛ̃/

Noun

martin m (plural martins)

1. bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mirant, rimant

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Italian

Noun

martin m (invariable)

1. Only used in martin pescatore

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Romanian

Etymology

From French martin.

Noun

martin m (plural martini)

1. bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family.

Declension

Declension of martin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) martin	martinul	(niște) martini	martinii
genitive/dative	(unui) martin	martinului	(unor) martini	martinilor
vocative	martinule		martinilor