martin

See also: Martin, martîn, Martín, and Martîn

English

Purple martin (Progne subis)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.tən/, [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩]

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: marten
• Hyphenation: mar‧tin
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle French martin (French martinet).

Noun

martin (plural martins)

1. Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 150:

     Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.

Derived terms

• bank martin
• bee martin
• black martin
• crag martin
• fairy martin
• house martin
• like a martin to his gourd
• like a martin to its gourd
• martin bug
• martinet
• purple martin
• sand martin
• screech martin
• white-eyed river martin
• window martin

Translations

bird

• Bulgarian: градска лястовица f (gradska ljastovica)
• Catalan: falcillot m
• Chechen: чӏегӏардиг (čʼeğardig)
• Cherokee: ᏡᏡ (tlutlu)
• Czech: jiřička (cs) f, břehule (cs) f, vlaštovka (cs) f
• Finnish: pääsky (fi)
• French: martinet (fr) m
• Galician: avión (gl) m, anduriña (gl) f
• German: Mehlschwalbe (de) f
• Hungarian: molnárfecske (hu)
• Irish: gabhlán m
• Latgalian: čūrkste f
• Latvian: čurkste f
• Lithuanian: kregždė (lt) f
• Romanian: rândunică de casă f, lăstun (ro) m
• Russian: городска́я ла́сточка f (gorodskája lástočka), стриж (ru) m (striž)
• Scottish Gaelic: gobhlan m
• Spanish: avión (es) m

Further reading

• martin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• swallow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Variant of marten.

Noun

martin (plural martins)

1. Obsolete form of marten
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 171:

     "Ye must avenge my sister's son's death;
     I will sables and martins bestow."

Anagrams

• matrin, Antrim, mantri

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.tɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

martin m (plural martins)

1. bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mirant, rimant

Italian

Noun

martin m (invariable)

1. only used in martin pescatore

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French martin.

Noun

martin m (plural martini)

1. bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family.

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	martin	martinul	martini	martinii
genitive-dative	martin	martinului	martini	martinilor
vocative	martinule		martinilor