mart

See also: Mart, márt, Màrt, Märt, marț, and Mart.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: märt, IPA^(key): /mɑɹt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

• Audio (UK):

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.

Noun

mart (plural marts)

1. (Canada, US, Philippines, usually only in combination) A shop, a store, a market.

   Hyponyms: minimart, supermart

   FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart

2. A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.

   In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast.

   Their facility is one of the largest livestock auction marts in the Scottish Highlands.

   • a. 1881, Oscar Wilde, 'Theoretikos', in Poems‎^[2]:

     Come out of it my Soul, thou art not fit
     For this vile traffic-house, where day by day
     Wisdom and reverence are sold at mart,
     And the rude people rage with ignorant cries
     Against an heritage of centuries.
     It mars my calm: wherefore in dreams of Art
     And loftiest culture I would stand apart,
     Neither for God, nor for his enemies.

   • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 87:

     Perhaps ſome Merchant hath inuited him,
     And from the Mart he's ſomewhere gone to dinner:
     Good Siſter let vs dine, and neuer fret;
     A man is Maſter of his libertie:

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 23:3:

     And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.

   • 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson;  […], →OCLC, page 38:

     In London; where has commerce ſuch a mart,
     So rich, ſo throng'd, ſo drain'd, and ſo ſupplied,
     As London, opulent, enlarged, and ſtill
     Increaſing, London?

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Go, Woman!”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 202:

     The world is a great mart, my Holly, where all things are for sale to him who bids the highest in the currency of our desires.

   • 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:

     The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.

3. (obsolete) A bargain.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 217, column 2:

     Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part,
     And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.

Derived terms

• data mart
• D-Mart
• FedMart
• hypermart
• Kmart
• Kris Kringle Mart
• Kwik-E-Mart
• minimart
• supermart
• Wal-Mart, Walmart

Verb

mart (third-person singular simple present marts, present participle marting, simple past and past participle marted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     To sell and mart your officer for gold
     To undeservers.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To traffic.

Etymology 2

From Latin Mārs. See Mart.

Noun

mart (plural marts)

1. (obsolete) A battle; a contest.

Etymology 3

Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above.

Noun

mart (uncountable)

1. (historical) A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).

Related terms

• counter-mart
• letter of mart

Etymology 4

Scottish English, from Middle English, from a Scottish Gaelic root, see mart (“cow prepared for killing”).

Noun

mart (plural marts)

1. A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
2. (by extension, the animal or its meat) Salt beef.

Anagrams

• tarm, armt., RATM, matr-, tram

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

• mar (abbreviation)

Etymology

Internationalism; from Russian март (mart).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

mart (definite accusative martı, plural martlar)

1. (North Azerbaijani) March

   Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) مارس (mars)

Declension

Declension of mart

	singular	plural
nominative	mart	martlar
definite accusative	martı	martları
dative	marta	martlara
locative	martda	martlarda
ablative	martdan	martlardan
definite genitive	martın	martların

Possessive forms of mart

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	martım	martlarım
sənin (“your”)	martın	martların
onun (“his/her/its”)	martı	martları
bizim (“our”)	martımız	martlarımız
sizin (“your”)	martınız	martlarınız
onların (“their”)	martı or martları	martları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	martımı	martlarımı
sənin (“your”)	martını	martlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	martını	martlarını
bizim (“our”)	martımızı	martlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	martınızı	martlarınızı
onların (“their”)	martını or martlarını	martlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	martıma	martlarıma
sənin (“your”)	martına	martlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	martına	martlarına
bizim (“our”)	martımıza	martlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	martınıza	martlarınıza
onların (“their”)	martına or martlarına	martlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	martımda	martlarımda
sənin (“your”)	martında	martlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	martında	martlarında
bizim (“our”)	martımızda	martlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	martınızda	martlarınızda
onların (“their”)	martında or martlarında	martlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	martımdan	martlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	martından	martlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	martından	martlarından
bizim (“our”)	martımızdan	martlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	martınızdan	martlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	martından or martlarından	martlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	martımın	martlarımın
sənin (“your”)	martının	martlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	martının	martlarının
bizim (“our”)	martımızın	martlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	martınızın	martlarınızın
onların (“their”)	martının or martlarının	martlarının

See also

Gregorian calendar months: aylaredit

• yanvar
• fevral
• mart
• aprel
• may
• iyun
• iyul
• avqust
• sentyabr
• oktyabr
• noyabr
• dekabr

Catalan

Alternative forms

• marta

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan [Term?], possibly borrowed from Gothic *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌿𐍃 (*marþus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈmart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaɾt]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾt

Noun

mart m (plural marts)

1. marten, especially the European pine marten (Martes martes)

Derived terms

• mart de coll groc
• mart del Japó
• mart del Nilgiri
• mart gibelí
• mart nord-americà

Further reading

• “mart”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mart”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mart” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mart”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart).

Noun

mart (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. March

   Synonym: saban ayı

Declension

Declension of mart

nominative	mart
genitive	martnıñ
dative	martqa
accusative	martnı
locative	martta
ablative	marttan

See also

Gregorian calendar months: aylaredit

• yanvar
• fevral
• mart
• aprel
• mayıs
• iyün
• iyül
• avgust
• sentâbr
• oktâbr
• noyabr
• dekabr

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “mart”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart), from Latin Martius

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrt/

Noun

mart (definite accusative martı, uncountable)

1. (literary) March

   Synonyms: Baba Marta ay, Baba Marta

Declension

Declension of mart

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	mart	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	martı	-
dative (yönelme)	marta	-
locative (bulunma)	martta	-
ablative (çıkma)	marttan	-
genitive (tamlayan)	martın	-

See also

Gregorian calendar months: aylaredit

• Büük ay
• Küçük ay
• Baba marta
• Çiçek ay
• Hederlez ay
• Kirez ay
• Orak ay
• Harman ay
• Ceviz ay
• Canavar ay
• Kasım ay
• Kırım ay

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “март”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 326
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “mart”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 114

Hungarian

Etymology

mar +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mart

Verb

mart

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of mar

Participle

mart

1. past participle of mar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	mart	martak
accusative	martat	martakat
dative	martnak	martaknak
instrumental	marttal	martakkal
causal-final	martért	martakért
translative	marttá	martakká
terminative	martig	martakig
essive-formal	martként	martakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	martban	martakban
superessive	marton	martakon
adessive	martnál	martaknál
illative	martba	martakba
sublative	martra	martakra
allative	marthoz	martakhoz
elative	martból	martakból
delative	martról	martakról
ablative	marttól	martaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	marté	martaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	martéi	martakéi

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mart (“ox carcass”). According to Jamieson, from Martinmas (“St. Martin's Day”), the time at which cows were killed for winter use. Otherwise, related to marbh (“dead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠaɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

mart m (genitive singular mairt, nominative plural mairt)

1. heifer or bullock carcass
2. heifer or bullock fattened for slaughter
3. (figurative) beefy person

Declension

Declension of mart (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mart mairt vocative a mhairt a mharta genitive mairt mart dative mart mairt forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mart na mairt genitive an mhairt na mart dative leis an mart don mhart leis na mairt

Derived terms

• mairteoil f (“beef”)
• martán m (“small ox”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mart	mhart	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “mart”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 718; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mart/
• Homophone: mard
• Rhymes: -art

Noun

mart

1. construct form of mara

Old Norse

Adjective

mart

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of margr

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch maart.

Noun

mart

1. March

See also

Months of the year: yanüari (“January”), febrüari (“February”), mart (“March”), aprel (“April”), mei (“May”), yüni (“June”), yüli (“July”), ougùstùs (“August”), sèptèmber (“September”), oktober (“October”), novèmber (“November”), desèmber (“December”).

Romanian

Noun

mart m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of martie

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mart	martul
genitive-dative	mart	martului
vocative	martule

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mart (“ox, cow”). According to Jamieson, from Martinmas (“St. Martin's Day”), the time at which cows were killed for winter use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˠʃt̪/

Noun

mart m (genitive singular mairt, plural mairt)

1. cow (due for or prepared for slaughter)
2. (some dialects) cow (any)

Synonyms

• bò

Derived terms

• mairtfheòil (“beef”)

Mutation

Mutation of mart

radical	lenition
mart	mhart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “mart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mârt/

Noun

mȁrt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рт)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) March

   Synonym: (Croatia) òžujak

Declension

Declension of mart

	singular
nominative	mart
genitive	marta
dative	martu
accusative	mart
vocative	marte
locative	martu
instrumental	martom

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months (Bosnia/Serbia): m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendaraedit

• jȁnuār
• fȅbruār
• mȁrt
• àprīl
• mȁj
• jȗni ~ jȗn
• jȗli ~ jȗl
• àvgust (Serbia) ~ àugust (Bosnia)
• sèptēmbar
• òktōbar
• nòvēmbar
• dècēmbar

Derived terms

• mȁrtovskī

Tatar

Noun

mart (Cyrillic spelling март)

1. March

Declension

Declension of mart

nominative	mart
genitive	martnıñ
dative	martqa
accusative	martnı
locative	martta
ablative	marttan

Related terms

• (month): Previous: febräl. Next: äpril

Turkish

Alternative forms

• Mar (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مارت, from Byzantine Greek Μᾱ́ρτιος (Mā́rtios), from Latin martius.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

mart (definite accusative martı, plural martlar)

1. March

Usage notes

• In Turkish, month names are capitalized when used in calendar dates. Ex: 29 Ekim 1923, never 29 ekim 1923.

Declension

Declension of mart

singular plural nominative mart martlar definite accusative martı martları dative marta martlara locative martta martlarda ablative marttan martlardan genitive martın martların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular martım martlarım 2nd singular martın martların 3rd singular martı martları 1st plural martımız martlarımız 2nd plural martınız martlarınız 3rd plural martları martları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular martımı martlarımı 2nd singular martını martlarını 3rd singular martını martlarını 1st plural martımızı martlarımızı 2nd plural martınızı martlarınızı 3rd plural martlarını martlarını dative singular plural 1st singular martıma martlarıma 2nd singular martına martlarına 3rd singular martına martlarına 1st plural martımıza martlarımıza 2nd plural martınıza martlarınıza 3rd plural martlarına martlarına locative singular plural 1st singular martımda martlarımda 2nd singular martında martlarında 3rd singular martında martlarında 1st plural martımızda martlarımızda 2nd plural martınızda martlarınızda 3rd plural martlarında martlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular martımdan martlarımdan 2nd singular martından martlarından 3rd singular martından martlarından 1st plural martımızdan martlarımızdan 2nd plural martınızdan martlarınızdan 3rd plural martlarından martlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular martımın martlarımın 2nd singular martının martlarının 3rd singular martının martlarının 1st plural martımızın martlarımızın 2nd plural martınızın martlarınızın 3rd plural martlarının martlarının

See also

Gregorian calendar months: aylaredit

• ocak
• şubat
• mart
• nisan
• mayıs
• haziran
• temmuz
• ağustos
• eylül
• ekim
• kasım
• aralık

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart).

Noun

mart (definite accusative marty, plural martlar)

1. March

See also

Gregorian calendar months: aýlaredit

• ýanwar
• fewral
• mart
• aprel
• maý
• iýun
• iýul
• awgust
• sentýabr
• oktýabr
• noýabr
• dekabr

Uzbek

Alternative forms

• mar — abbreviation

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart), from Latin mārtius.

Noun

mart (plural martlar)

1. March

Declension

Declension of mart

	singular	plural
nominative	mart	martlar
genitive	martning	martlarning
dative	martga	martlarga
definite accusative	martni	martlarni
locative	martda	martlarda
ablative	martdan	martlardan
similative	martdek	martlardek

Possessive forms of mart

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	martim	martlarim
genitive	martimning	martlarimning
dative	martimga	martlarimga
definite accusative	martimni	martlarimni
locative	martimda	martlarimda
ablative	martimdan	martlarimdan
similative	martimdek	martlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	marting	martlaring
genitive	martingning	martlaringning
dative	martingga	martlaringga
definite accusative	martingni	martlaringni
locative	martingda	martlaringda
ablative	martingdan	martlaringdan
similative	martingdek	martlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	marti	martlari
genitive	martining	martlarining
dative	martiga	martlariga
definite accusative	martini	martlarini
locative	martida	martlarida
ablative	martidan	martlaridan
similative	martidek	martlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	martimiz	martlarimiz
genitive	martimizning	martlarimizning
dative	martimizga	martlarimizga
definite accusative	martimizni	martlarimizni
locative	martimizda	martlarimizda
ablative	martimizdan	martlarimizdan
similative	martimizdek	martlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	martingiz	martlaringiz
genitive	martingizning	martlaringizning
dative	martingizga	martlaringizga
definite accusative	martingizni	martlaringizni
locative	martingizda	martlaringizda
ablative	martingizdan	martlaringizdan
similative	martingizdek	martlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	marti	martlari
genitive	martining	martlarining
dative	martiga	martlariga
definite accusative	martini	martlarini
locative	martida	martlarida
ablative	martidan	martlaridan
similative	martidek	martlaridek

Related terms

Gregorian calendar months: oylaredit

• yanvar
• fevral
• mart
• aprel
• may
• iyun
• iyul
• avgust
• sentyabr
• oktyabr
• noyabr
• dekabr