martello

martello (plural martellos)

1. Alternative form of Martello.

From Italian martèllo, Portuguese martelo, Spanish martillo and French marteau, all from Late Latin martellus. Compare Esperanto martelo, Ido martelo.

• IPA^(key): /marˈte.lo/

martello (plural martellos)

1. hammer

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

• IPA^(key): /marˈtɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: mar‧tèl‧lo

From Late Latin martellus, diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, diminutive of marcus, or from malleus (“hammer”). Compare Portguese martelo and Catalan martell.

martello m (plural martelli)

1. hammer
2. (sports) hammer
3. (anatomy) malleus, hammer
4. gavel (tool)
5. (music) hammer (in a piano)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

martello

1. first-person singular present indicative of martellare

• mortella

martellō

1. dative/ablative singular of martellus