martre

From German martern (“to torment”), derived from Marter (“torture”), borrowed via 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 har martret)

1. to torment

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)

   Synonym: marte

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɐ̯tʁə], [ˈmaʁtʁə]

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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.