martre

Danish

Etymology

From German martern (“to torment”), derived from Marter (“torture”), borrowed via 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 har martret)

1. to torment

Inflection

Conjugation of martre

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	martre	martres
Present tense	martrer	martres
Past tense	martrede	martredes
Imperative	martr	-
Participle
Present	martrende
Past	martret
Gerund	martren

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French

Etymology

From Frankish *marþra (“marten”), from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *martus (“bride”). X. Delamarre (2003) in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise proposes a connection to Gaulish martalos via a "crossed-etymology".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

une marte

martre f (plural martres)

1. marten (animal)

   Synonym: marte

Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɐ̯tʁə], [ˈmaʁtʁə]

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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

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Norman

Etymology

From Frankish *martar.

Noun

martre f (plural martres)

1. (Jersey) marten (animal)

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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/spiritual) torment

References

• “martre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.