martre

Via German martern (“to torment”), derived from Marter (“torture”), from Late Latin martyrium (“martyrdom”) from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑːtˢʁ̥ɐ]

martre (imperative martr, infinitive at martre, present tense martrer, past tense martrede, perfect tense martret)

1. (archaic) to torment

   Synonyms: pine, hjemsøge

• “martre” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle French and Old French martre, from Frankish *marþr (“marten”), from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, which see.

Xavier Delamarre in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (2003) proposes confluence with a Gaulish *martalos. This is only attested as a personal name, however, of which neither meaning nor Celtic origin are certain.

• IPA^(key): /maʁtʁ/

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martre f (plural martres)

1. marten (animal)

   Synonym: marte

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmartrə/, [ˈmaʁ.tʁə], [ˈmaɐ̯-], [ˈmaː-]

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martre

1. inflection of martern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From Frankish *martar.

martre f (plural martres)

1. (Jersey) marten (animal)

From a Middle Low German cognate to Middle High German martern, marteren (“torture”).

martre (present tense martrer, past tense martra or martret, past participle martra or martret)

1. (mental/spiritual) torment

• “martre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.