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Definition: Marten |
MartenNoun1. Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Marten" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a male". |
Date "marten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonym: MartenSynonym: marten cat (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Marten |
| English words defined with "marten": American marten ♦ beech marten ♦ Charronia flavigula ♦ Foin ♦ marten cat, Martern, Martes foina, Martes martes, Martes zibellina ♦ Pine marten ♦ sable, stone marten, sweet marten ♦ tippet ♦ yellow-throated marten. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Marten" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (marter, weasel). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Or The Murder in the Red Barn Maria Marten (1935) Maria Marten (1928) Or: The Murder in the Red Barn Maria Marten (1913) Maria Marten (1908) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | A marten - Martes americana.Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The requisite proportions between the tracked marten and the tracking hound were observed. |
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| "Marten" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.45% of the time. "Marten" is used about 73 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) | 79.45% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (proper) | 20.55% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 73 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "marten" 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 |
| Marten | Last name | 1,000 | 16,437 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Marten" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a male". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Marten." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Martina | Female | Ancient Roman | Martin |
| Martina | Female | Croatian | Martin |
| Martin | Male | Czech | Mars |
| Martina | Female | Czech | Martin |
| Morten | Male | Danish | Martin |
| Maarten | Male | Dutch | Martin |
| Maartje | Female | Dutch | Martin |
| Martijn | Male | Dutch | Martin |
| Martina | Female | Dutch | Martin |
| Martie | Male | English | Martin |
| Martin | Male | English | Mars |
| Martina | Female | English | Martin |
| Marty | Male | English | Martin |
| Martti | Male | Finnish | Martin |
| Martin | Male | French | Mars |
| Martine | Female | French | Martin |
| Martin | Male | German | Mars |
| Martina | Female | German | Martin |
| Merten | Male | German | Martin |
| Márton | Male | Hungarian | Martin |
| Mairtín | Male | Irish | Martin |
| Martina | Female | Italian | Martin |
| Martino | Male | Italian | Martin |
| Marcin | Male | Polish | Martin |
| Martyna | Female | Polish | Martin |
| Martina | Female | Portuguese | Martin |
| Martinho | Male | Portuguese | Martin |
| Mars | Male | Roman Mythology | N/A |
| Martin | Male | Romanian | Mars |
| Martin | Male | Russian | Mars |
| Martina | Female | Scandinavian | Martin |
| Martin | Male | Slovene | Mars |
| Tinek | Male | Slovene | Martin |
| Martín | Male | Spanish | Martin |
| Martina | Female | Spanish | Martin |
| Marten | Male | Swedish | Martin |
| Martyn | Male | Welsh | Martin |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Marten Transport, Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "marten": american marten ♦ beech marten ♦ marten cat ♦ pine marten ♦ stone marten ♦ sweet marten. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "marten": pine-marten. | |
| 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 |
dr marten | 134 | marten house | 6 |
marten | 108 | doctor marten | 6 |
doc marten | 105 | doctor marten shoes | 6 |
st marten | 73 | marten house hotel | 5 |
dr marten shoes | 54 | dr marten footwear | 5 |
pine marten | 46 | fisher marten | 5 |
doc marten shoes | 46 | doc marten discount | 4 |
dr marten sandal | 45 | doc dr marten | 4 |
doc marten sandal | 41 | animal marten | 4 |
dr marten boot | 28 | marten trapping | 4 |
doc marten boot | 27 | marten transportation | 4 |
marten transport | 26 | marten park provincial river | 4 |
marten trucking | 10 | cheap dr marten | 3 |
marten newfoundland pine | 9 | doc marten steel toe | 3 |
american marten | 8 | brothel marten st | 3 |
marten ricky | 8 | campground marten river | 3 |
marten river | 8 | cheap doc marten | 3 |
discount doc marten shoes | 7 | howard marten | 3 |
st marten hotel | 6 | marten sandal | 3 |
saint marten | 6 | 8065 dr marten | 3 |
island st marten | 3 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "marten"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | marter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shqarth (musteline, sable), kunadhe (musteline, sable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الدلق حيوان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бялка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 貂 (sable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kuna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | maar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | marter (marter, weasel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | mustelo (marter, weasel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | näätä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | martre, marte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Marder (badgers, martens, skunks, weasels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουνάβι (badger, ferret, skunk, stoat), σαμούρι (sable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מי" (mongoose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyest (foin, mart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | musang (civet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | martora (martens, pine marten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kayt billey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | artenmay marta (martial), empório comercial (shopping mall). (various references) jder. (various references) куница (musteline). (various references) taghan (the marten). (various references) zlatica, kuna. (various references) marta (minx, pine marten, sable). (various references) mård (marter, weasel). (various references) zerdeva (pine marten), sansar (polecat, weasel). (various references) куниця. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | martes. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "marten": martens, martensite, martensites, martensitic, martensitically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "marten": smarten. (additional references) | |
Words containing "marten": smartened, smartening, smartens. (additional references) | |
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"Marten" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arten, garten, madtan, Maerten, Mairwen, maiten, malten, Maoten, marben, Marchena, marden, maren, maret, Marien, marite, Markeen, Marken, marlen, Marment, marren, marshend, martain, marte, Martec, martenot, Marter, Martim, martinl, martle, Martley, martom, marton, martyn, Marven, Maryen, maten, Matfen, matre, matrin, Matten, Mereth, Mertel, Mertin, meten, mirtin, mitren, morte, morten, mortin, Morwen, M'reen, murten, Naren, narte, parten. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "marten" (pronounced mÄ"rtun) |
| 6 | m Ä" r t u n | Martin. |
| 5 | -Ä" r t u n | carton, dishearten, hearten, Parton, spartan, tartan. |
| 4 | -r t u n | kindergarten, shorten. |
| 3 | -t u n | actin, badminton, batten, beaten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, certain, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, craton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, eaten, enlighten, exoskeleton, fatten, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, Manhattan, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, satin, Seton, Sexton, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, straighten, sultan, sweeten, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: ament, antre, armet, mater, meant, menta, namer, ramen, ramet, reman, tamer. | |
-2 letters: amen, ante, earn, etna, mane, mare, mart, mate, mean, meat, meta, name, near, neat, nema, rant, rate, ream, rent, tame, tare, tarn, team, tear, term, tern, tram. | |
-3 letters: ane, ant, are, arm, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ern, eta, mae, man. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: garment, margent, martens, minaret, raiment, ramenta, remnant, sarment, smarten, tonearm, varment. | |
+2 letters: animater, anteroom, antimere, argentum, argument, armament, averment, earthman, earthmen, emanator, emigrant, fragment, garments, lamenter, margents, marinate, martinet, maternal, menstrua, merchant, minarets, monetary, monstera, numerate, onstream, ornament, parament, permeant, raftsmen, raiments, ramentum, remanent, remating, remnants, routeman, ruminate, sarmenta, sarments, smartens, terminal, tonearms, trackmen, trainmen, tramline, trashmen, tyramine, undreamt, varments, waterman, watermen. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 74 65 6E |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. - . -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r t e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 0074 0065 006E |
| 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)476784867180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Names: Derived from 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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