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Definition: Mart |
MartNoun1. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mart" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MART | English | Definition of an environment to maximise the market for telecommunications-based RT | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mart, Texas."
Synonym: MartSynonym: marketplace (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mart | Noun: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mart |
| English words defined with "mart": marriage mart. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mart": Blenheim Steps ♦ data mart, data warehouse ♦ Jonathan's ♦ QUEEN STREET. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mart": Brummagem. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mart" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Macedonian (March), Manx (beef, March, Mars, store), Papiamen (March), Scottish (a cow, bovine, bovine animal, cow), Turkish (March). |
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Screenplays | Every single Price Mart stock-boy will be trained in the Red Forman way. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Skuggan av Mart (1966) The Merchandise Mart (1956) Kholodnyj mart (1987) Skuggan av Mart (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mart Braden Field geodesist.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | S. Apollonia : Verg. e Mart. / L.A. inv. e dis. P. Fontana inc.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Chicago gets world apparel mart / Walter W. Ahlschlager, Inc., Chicago, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Speakers prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Front row, left to right: Michael J. Kosik, Mart F. Brennan, Frank W. Earnest, Jr., and Richard Maize. Rear row, left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Frank C.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, United Mine Workers of America, and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated, Michael J. Kosik.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Open furniture mart despite winter weather. Bound Brook, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fort Kent, Maine (vicinity). Jake Escovitz's garage and music mart.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gotham Book Mart.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | 5 d'loscht vum Marcel Mart.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In the field of home appliances and computers, several chain stores also are present such as Saejin (computers), Joenja Land, and High Mart (consumer electronics). (references) | |
In addition, several Korean supermarket chains have established discount store operations including; LG Distribution (LG Mart), Hanhwa Distribution (Hanhwa Mart) and Nongshimga (Mega Mart). (references) | ||
Several Korean department stores, including the Shinsegae Department Store (E-Mart), New Core Department Store (Kim's Club), Lotte Shopping (Magnet), Grand Department Store (Grand Mart) and Dong-A Department Store in Daegu (Delta Club) also are moving into the discount store business. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mexico | The latest entries into the marketplace are U.S. based chains: 7-Eleven, Circle K, and Dairy Mart. (references) |
Estonia | Meri chose 32-year old historian and Christian Democratic Party founder Mart Laar as prime minister. (references) | |
Netherlands | As major initial investments are required, data warehousing and data mart technologies are slow to penetrate and used primarily by the larger Dutch companies. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mart" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 62.16% of the time. "Mart" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 62.16% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 21.62% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.51% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "mart" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Mart | Last name | 1,000 | 16,438 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Mammy Mart Corporation | South Africa | Q Mart Holdings Limited |
| USA | Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Mart, TX (city, FIPS 46824) |
Expressions using "mart": data mart ♦ marriage mart. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "mart": K-mart, Wal-mart. | |
Containing "mart": Wal-mart Inc. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
wal mart | 102,224 | wal mart credit card | 291 |
wal mart.com | 3,295 | movie mart | 279 |
wal mart canada | 2,871 | wal mart coupon | 271 |
wal mart store | 1,507 | wal mart online | 261 |
shopper drug mart | 1,021 | wal mart stock | 246 |
nebraska furniture mart | 862 | wall mart | 244 |
wal mart com | 779 | sofa mart | 234 |
stein mart | 538 | wal mart distribution center | 225 |
pet mart | 505 | mart sports | 224 |
super wal mart | 469 | wal mart photo | 207 |
wal mart location | 401 | mart tire wal | 197 |
wal mart supercenter | 394 | money mart | 191 |
wal mart portrait studio | 385 | mart | 181 |
wal mart connect | 368 | wal mart online shopping | 178 |
sport mart | 362 | merchandise mart | 177 |
wal mart job | 358 | wal mart vision center | 160 |
auto mart | 334 | mart walt | 159 |
wal mart employment | 313 | wal mart suck | 158 |
exchange and mart | 307 | k mart store | 148 |
wal mart pharmacy | 291 | wal mart internet | 144 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "mart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | treg (emporium, market, outlet), qendër tregtare (emporium, factory, Mall, Piazza, Plaza, shopping mall), pazar (bargain, bazaar, fair, market, marketplace, rag fair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مركز تجاري (emporium, plaza, shopping centre, shopping mal), سوق (carry, corner, drive, emporium, fair, herd, market, merchandise), صالة بيع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | търговски център (emporium, shopping mall, staple), тържище (market), зала за провеждане на търгове, пазар (emporium, market, marketing, marketplace, outlet, shopping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 小店. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trh (fair, market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مرکزحراج , مرکزبازرگانی (Entrepot), بازار (Bazaar, Forum, Market, Plaza). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | marché (market, market area, market place, marketing area, marketplace), salle des ventes, centre commercial (Mall, shopping mall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | markt (bazaar, fair, marker, market, market square, marketplace, sales activity, trade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγορά (area of sale, bazaar, buy, deal, forum, market, market area, marketing area, marketplace, outlet, purchase, sales area, shopping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | árverési csarnok (sale-room, sales room, salesroom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mercato (exchange, fair, market, marketplace), centro di commercio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | マージン取引 (10^-6, Maastrich, marble, march, margin transaction, marmalade, martini, merchandiser, merchandising, merchandising right, merchant, mermaid, Miami, micro, micro-, mike, my, privately owned car). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マート (copy-book, exercise book, notebook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | margey (emporium, fair, market, treaty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | artmay mercado (bazaar, fair, hall, market, marketplace, sales activity, shopping mall), marsupial, centro comercial (retail center, retail centre, shopping center, shopping centre). (various references) piaţã (circus, market, Piazza, Square), negoţ (trade, traffic), centru comercial (emporium). (various references) рынок (emporium, market, market place, marketplace, seller's market), торговый центр (emporium, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping precinct), аукционный зал (sale-room). (various references) tržište (market, outlet). (various references) mercado (depot, fair, fairing, market, market place, marketplace, pit, sale, sales activity), martillo (firing pin, hammer), emporio (department store, emporium), bolsa de la propiedad. (various references) handelsplats. (various references) pazar (bazaar, market, market place, outlet, staple, sun, Sunday), çarşı (arcade, bazaar, fair, market, souk). (various references) ринок (emporium, market), торговельний центр. (various references) trung tâm buôn bán phòng đấu giá, chợ thị trường (market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mercatus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 23, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En udati pollw sperma metabolwn wV amhtou eisferomenou oi metaboloi twn eqnwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In aquis multis semen Nili messis fluminis fruges eius et facta est negotiatio gentium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ouer the se fulfilden thee with manye watris; the sed of Nyli, the rip of the flod his frutes, and mad is the chaffare of Jentiles. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 23, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa ibabaw sa daghang mga tubig ang binhi sa Sihor, ang ani sa Nilo, mao ang iyang abut; ug siya nahimong patigayonan sa mga nasud. |
| Croatian | Sjetva Nila, žetva Rijeke, bijaše njegovo bogatstvo. On bijaše sajmište narodima. |
| Danish | de mange Vande, hvis Indkomst var Sjihors Sæd, hvis Vinding Alverdens Varer. |
| Dutch | En wiens inkomst was het zaad van Sichor over de grote wateren, de oogst der rivier; en zij was de markt der heidenen. |
| Finnish | Ja suuria vesiä kulki Siihorin siemen, Niilivirran vilja; se oli Tyyron sato, ja siitä tuli kansojen kauppatavara. |
| French | A travers les vastes eaux, le blé du Nil, La moisson du fleuve, était pour elle un revenu; Elle était le marché des nations. |
| German | und was von Früchten am Sihor und Getreide am Nil wuchs, brachte man zu ihr hinein durch große Wasser; und du warst der Heiden Markt geworden. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun laut itu baginya akan bendang yang berhasil, akan biji-bijian Nil, akan penuaian sungai, dan iapun pasar segala bangsa. |
| Italian | grandi acque. Il frumento del Nilo, il raccolto del fiume era la sua ricchezza; era il mercato dei popoli. |
| Maori | Kei nga wai nui, kei nga purapura o Hihoro, kei te tapahanga witi o te Naera, ona hua; ko ia ano te kaihokohoko ki nga iwi. |
| Norwegian | Av Sikors* sæd, av Nilens høst, som blev ført frem over det store hav, gjorde det** sig vinning, og det var et marked for folkene. # <* d.e. Nilen.> # <** Tyrus.> |
| Portuguese | Por sobre grandes águas foi-lhe trazida a sua provisão, a semente de Sior, a ceifa do Nilo; e ela se tornou a feira das nações. |
| Rumanian | Veniturile lui erau grkul Nilului wi seceriwul rkului, aduse pe ape mari, awa cq el era tkrgul neamurilor.`` |
| Spanish | Por las muchas aguas venía el grano de Sijor, la cosecha del Nilo; era ganancia de la ciudad de Tiro, la cual era el mercado de las naciones. |
| Swedish | av Sihors säd och Nilflodens skördar skaffade du dig vinning, i det du for över stora vatten och drev handel därmed bland folken. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mart": martagon, martagons, marted, martello, martellos, marten, martens, martensite, martensites, martensitic, martensitically, martial, martially, martian, martians, martin, martinet, martinets, marting, martingale, martingales, martini, martinis, martins, martlet, martlets, marts, martyr, martyrdom, martyrdoms, martyred, martyries, martyring, martyrization, martyrizations, martyrize, martyrized, martyrizes, martyrizing, martyrly, martyrologies, martyrologist, martyrologists, martyrology, martyrs, martyry. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mart": outsmart, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart, unsmart. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mart": freemartin, freemartins, hamartia, hamartias, outsmarted, outsmarting, outsmarts, protomartyr, protomartyrs, smartass, smartasses, smarted, smarten, smartened, smartening, smartens, smarter, smartest, smartie, smarties, smarting, smartly, smartness, smartnesses, smarts, smartweed, smartweeds, smarty. (additional references) | |
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"Mart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aart, jart, kmart, maar, mact, maet, maft, magret, magt, mait, mant, marat, marb, mard, maret, marg, mari, marit, marm, maro, marq, marr, marte, marth, Marto, martr, maru, Marut, marv, marx, matr, matra, maut, mawr, mawt, meatr, Meert, merf, mert, mertz, merv, metr, mirf, mirg, mirq, mirt, mirtl, mirv, Mordt, morto, morty, Mrad, mrd, mrt, murat, murt, myar, Myrto, nart, narte, omert, uart, vart, zart. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mart" (pronounced mÄ"rt) |
| 4 | m Ä" r t | smart. |
| 3 | -Ä" r t | apart, art, cart, Carte, chart, dart, depart, Hart, heart, impart, part, restart, start, tart. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tram. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: arm, art, mar, mat, ram, rat, tam, tar. | |
-2 letters: am, ar, at, ma, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: amort, armet, marts, mater, ramet, smart, tamer, tharm, tramp, trams, tryma. | |
+2 letters: amrita, amtrac, antrum, armets, armlet, armpit, atrium, dreamt, format, imaret, impart, maftir, mantra, market, marmot, marted, marten, martin, martyr, master, maters, matres, matrix, matron, matter, mature, mitral, mortal, mortar, ramate, ramets, ramjet, ramtil, remate, reteam, smarts, smarty, stream, stroma, struma, tamari, tambur, tamers, tamper, tarama, tarmac, thairm, tharms, thiram, tramel, tramps, trauma, warmth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 74 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678486 |
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