marten

See also: Marten and Mårten

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.tɪn/, /ˈmɑː.tən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.tən/, [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩]

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• Hyphenation: mar‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
• Homophones: martin, Martin (in some accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Noun

marten (plural martens)

Stuffed European pine marten.

1. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes (family Mustelidae).

Derived terms

• American marten (Martes americana)
• beech marten (Martes foina)
• European marten (Martes martes)
• foul marten (Mustela putorius)
• house marten (Martes foina)
• Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis)
• Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
• Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
• Pacific marten (Martes caurina)
• palm marten
• Pennant's marten (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
• pine marten (Martes martes)
• stone marten (Martes foina)
• sweet marten (Martes foina)
• tree marten (Martes martes)
• white-breasted marten (Martes foina)
• yellow-breasted marten (Martes foina)
• yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula)

 

Translations

mammal

• Abkhaz: цыҕ (cəğ)
• Albanian: kunadhe (sq), shqarth (sq)
• Algonquin: wàbicèsè
• Arabic: دَلَق m (dalaq), خَزّ m (ḵazz), سَنْسَار m (sansār), فَنَك m (fanak) (obsolete), نِمْس m (nims, literally “mustelid”) (many distinguish not further)
• Armenian: կզաքիս (hy) (kzakʻis)
• Bashkir: һыуһар (hıwhar)
• Basque: lepahori
• Belarusian: куні́ца f (kuníca)
• Breton: mart (br)
• Bulgarian: бя́лка f (bjálka)
• Burmese: ဆတ်ခလောက် (my) sg or c (hcathka.lauk)
• Catalan: marta (ca) f, mart (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貂 (zh) (diāo)

• Czech: kuna (cs) f
• Danish: mår c
• Dutch: marter (nl) m
• Erzya: чинеме (čińeme)
• Esperanto: marteso
• Estonian: nugis
• Faroese: márur m, mørður m
• Finnish: näätä (fi)
• French: marte (fr) f
• Friulian: mardar, martar
• Galician: marta (gl) f, fuíña (gl) f, lagaria f
• Georgian: კვერნა (ḳverna)
• German: Marder (de) m
• Greek: δενδροκούναβο (dendrokoúnavo)

  Ancient: ἴκτις f (íktis)

• Hebrew: דלק (he) (dalák)
• Hungarian: (beech marten and other species of the genus Martes) nyest (hu), (European pine marten) nyuszt (hu), (sable) coboly (hu)
• Icelandic: mörður (is) m
• Inari Sami: neeti
• Ingrian: kunitsa
• Irish: cat crainn (ga) m
• Italian: martora (it) f
• Japanese: テン (ja) (ten)
• Kalmyk: сувср (suvsr)
• Kazakh: сусар (susar)
• Kildin Sami: не̄дтҍ (niedt’)
• Komi-Permyak: тулан (tulan)
• Komi-Zyrian: тулан (tulan)
• Korean: 담비 (ko) (dambi)
• Ladin: meder
• Latin: martēs f
• Latvian: cauna f
• Lithuanian: kiaunė (lt) f
• Lule Sami: niehte
• Macedonian: куна f (kuna)
• Malay: samur
• Manx: kayt billey m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: луй (luj)

  Western Mari: лый (lyj)

• Mi'kmaq: apistanewj anim
• Mongolian: суусар (mn) (suusar)
• Nanai: харсан (harsan)
• Narragansett: wappenagh
• Norman: martre f (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: neahti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mår m

  Nynorsk: mår m

• Occitan: marta (oc) f
• Ojibwe: waabizheshi, waabizheshiwag pl
• Old English: mearþ m
• Ottoman Turkish: صڭسار (sañsar)
• Persian: سمور (fa) (samur), خز (fa) (xaz)
• Pite Sami: marrta
• Polish: kuna (pl) f
• Portuguese: marta (pt) f
• Romanian: jder (ro) m
• Romansch: fiergna f, guis m
• Russian: куни́ца (ru) f (kuníca)
• Sardinian: schirri, isbirru, marta, martzu
• Scottish Gaelic: taghan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куна f

  Roman: kuna (sh) f, cibetka f

• Sicilian: màrtura f
• Skolt Sami: niẹʹtt
• Slovak: kuna (sk) f
• Slovene: kuna (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kuna f

  Upper Sorbian: kuna f

• Southern Altai: суузар (suuzar)
• Southern Sami: maarhte
• Spanish: marta f
• Swedish: mård (sv) c
• Ter Sami: niette
• Turkish: sansar (tr)
• Tuvan: күзен (küzen)
• Udmurt: сёр (śor)
• Ukrainian: куни́ця f (kunýcja)
• Ume Sami: martta
• Welsh: bele
• West Frisian: marter
• Yiddish: מאַרדער m (marder)

See also

• badger
• ermine
• ferret
• fisher
• mink
• mustelid
• otter
• sable
• stoat
• weasel
• wolverine

 

Etymology 2

Noun

marten (plural martens)

1. Archaic form of martin (the bird)
   • 1829, Magazine of Natural History, volume 1, page 402:

     Towards the end of the month, swallows and house martens congregate, and are often seen resting on the ridges or sloping roofs of buildings.

Anagrams

• Arment, rament