martre

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".

• IPA^(key): /maʁtʁ/

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martre f (plural martres)

1. marten (animal)

• marte

• “martre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɐ̯tʁə], [ˈmaʁtʁə]

martre

1. First-person singular present of martern.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of martern.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of martern.
4. Imperative singular of martern.

martre

1. marten

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.