martel

Borrowed from Old French martel (modern French marteau), from Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, a variant of marculus (“small hammer”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːtəl/

martel (plural martels)

1. A hammer, especially a war hammer.

• (medieval hammer-like weapon): pole hammer, war hammer

martel (third-person singular simple present martels, present participle martelling, simple past and past participle martelled)

1. (obsolete) To strike a blow with, or as with, a hammer.

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• Tramel, armlet, malter, tramel

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martel

1. first-person singular present indicative of martelen
2. imperative of martelen

martel m (plural martels)

1. (Jersey) cognac

• couongnac

From Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, variant of Latin marculus.

martel m (oblique plural marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative singular marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative plural martel)

1. hammer (tool)

• marteler

• Dutch: martel (borrowed)
• English: martel (borrowed)
• French: marteau; se mettre martel en tête
• Norman: marté (Jersey)