martre
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From German martern (“to torment”), derived from Marter (“torture”), borrowed via Late Latin martyrium (“martyrdom”) from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
martre (imperative martr, infinitive at martre, present tense martrer, past tense martrede, perfect tense har martret)
- to torment
Inflection edit
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
martre f (plural martres)
Further reading edit
- “martre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
martre
- inflection of martern:
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
martre f (plural martres)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From a Middle Low German cognate to Middle High German martern, marteren (“torture”).
Verb edit
martre (present tense martrer, past tense martra or martret, past participle martra or martret)
- (mental/spiritual) torment
References edit
- “martre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.