martelo

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultmately from Medieval Latin martellus, from Latin marculus (“hammer”), reinforced by several Romance languages. Compare French marteau, Italian martello, Portuguese martelo, Spanish martillo. Doublet of maĉeto.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [marˈtelo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: mar‧te‧lo

Noun

martelo (accusative singular martelon, plural marteloj, accusative plural martelojn)

1. hammer

Derived terms

• militmartelo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɾˈtelʊ], [maɾˈtɛlʊ]

Noun

martelo m (plural martelos)

1. hammer
   • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:

     iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao, iten vnna junteyra, iten dous martelos grandes de monte

     item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws; item, a jointer; item, two big hammers for working outside

2. knocker

   Synonym: chamador

3. (anatomy) the malleus

Derived terms

• peixe martelo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “martel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “martelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “martelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “martelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto martelo, Italian martello, Spanish martillo and French marteau, from Medieval Latin martellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈte.lo/

Noun

martelo (plural marteli)

1. hammer

Derived terms

• martelagar (“to hammer”)
• marteleto

 

Portuguese

martelo

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈtɛ.lu/ [mahˈtɛ.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈtɛ.lu/ [mahˈtɛ.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈtɛ.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈtɛ.lu/ [maχˈtɛ.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻˈtɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈtɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: mar‧te‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese martelo, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Galician martelo, Spanish martillo, Catalan martell, and Italian martello.

Noun

martelo m (plural martelos)

1. hammer
2. (anatomy) the malleus
3. (sports) hammer

Descendants

• → Tamil: மடுத்தல் (maṭuttal)

Descendants

• → Chittagonian: মাত্তুল (Mattul)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

martelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of martelar