Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MARTEL

v.t.To strike.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MARTEL

Mar "tel, v. i. Etym: [F. marteler, fr. martel, marteau, hammer, a dim. fr. L. martulus, marculus, dim. of marcus hammer. Cf. March to step. ]

 

Defn: To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

MARTEL DE FER

Mar `tel ` de fer ". Etym: [OF. , hammer of iron. ]

 

Defn: A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt.

 

MARTELINE

Mar "te *line, n. Etym: [F.]

 

Defn: A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

 

MARTELLO TOWER

Mar *tel "lo tow `er. Etym: [It. martello hammer. The name was orig. given to towers erected on the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia for protection against the pirates in the time of Charles the Fifth, which prob. orig. contained an alarm bell to be struck with a hammer. See Martel. ] (Fort. )

 

Defn: A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.

 

Note: The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica in 1794.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Martel, Charles

Mar tel, Charles |märˈtel mɑrˈtɛl | see Charles Martel.

 

Martello

Mar tel lo |märˈtelō mɑrˈtɛloʊ |(also Martello tower ) ▶noun ( pl. Martellos ) any of numerous small circular forts that were erected for defense purposes along the southeast coasts of England during the Napoleonic Wars. ORIGIN alteration (by association with Italian martello ‘hammer ’) of Cape Mortella in Corsica, where such a tower proved difficult for the English to capture in 1794.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Martel, Charles

Mar ¦tel see Charles Martel.

 

Martello

Martello |mɑːˈtɛləʊ |(also Martello tower ) ▶noun ( pl. Martellos ) any of numerous small circular forts that were erected for defence purposes along the coasts of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. ORIGIN alteration (by association with Italian martello ‘hammer ’) of Cape Mortella in Corsica, where such a tower proved difficult for the English to capture in 1794.

 

Duden Dictionary

martelé

mar te lé Adverb Musik martellando ; martellato |…ˈleː |französisch martelé, eigentlich = gehämmert, zu spätlateinisch martellum = kleiner Hammer (bei Streichinstrumenten ) mit fest gestrichenem Bogen eine Phrase mit martelé spielen

 

Martelé

Mar te lé Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , das Martellato das Martelé; Genitiv: des Martelés, Plural: die Martelés lateinisch-vulgärlateinisch -französisch gehämmertes, scharf akzentuiertes oder fest gestrichenes Spiel

 

martellando

mar tel lan do Adverb Musik martelé |martell a ndo |lateinisch-vulgärlateinisch -italienisch (bei Streichinstrumenten ) mit fest gestrichenem Bogen

 

martellato

mar tel la to Adverb Musik martelé |martell a to |lateinisch-vulgärlateinisch -italienisch (bei Streichinstrumenten ) mit fest gestrichenem Bogen

 

Martellato

Mar tel la to Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , das Martelé |Martell a to |das Martellato; Genitiv: des Martellatos, Plural: die Martellatos und Martellati lateinisch-vulgärlateinisch -italienisch gehämmertes, scharf akzentuiertes oder fest gestrichenes Spiel

 

Martellement

Mar tel le ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |…ˈmãː |das Martellement; Genitiv: des Martellements, Plural: die Martellements 1 veraltet Mordent 2 Musik Tonwiederholung auf der Harfe

 

French Dictionary

martel

martel n. m. nom masculin Se mettre martel en tête. S ’inquiéter. : Elles se mettent martel en tête. Note Technique Le mot ne s ’emploie que dans cette locution où il reste invariable.

 

martelage

martelage n. m. nom masculin Action de marteler. : Le martelage du forgeron. Note Orthographique marte l age.

 

martèlement

martèlement n. m. nom masculin Chocs répétés régulièrement, analogues à ceux du marteau sur l ’enclume. Note Orthographique mart èl ement.

 

marteler

marteler v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Façonner à coups de marteau. : Il martèle un gobelet de cuivre. 2 Détacher chaque syllabe, chaque son en articulant vigoureusement. : Le ministre martèle les objectifs du parti avec conviction. congeler Conjugaison Le e se change en è devant une syllabe contenant un e muet. Il martèle, mais il martelait.Note Orthographique marte l er.

 

Spanish Dictionary

martellina

martellina nombre femenino Martillo para tallar piedra con los dos lados de la cabeza acabados en filo o uno de ellos acabado en dientes .

 

martelo

martelo nombre masculino Manifestación profunda del sentimiento amoroso .