martin
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
- Hyphenation: mar‧tin
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
- Homophone: marten
Etymology 1
From Middle French martin (French martinet).
Noun
martin (plural martins)
- Any of 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 1008064829, page 150:
- Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.
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Derived terms
Translations
bird
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Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Further reading
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for martin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁ.tɛ̃/
Further reading
- “martin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Romanian
Declension
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