marteau
Meaning
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- a hammer used for pounding
- a machine tool that pounds
- a hammer-shaped tool used to hit something, such as a gavel
- a rapper; a door knocker
- a piano or dulcimer hammer
- the malleus
- a throwing hammer
- a hammer with bas relief marks used to create imprints on wood, leather etc.
- the advantage of throwing the last stone
- the part of a clock that strikes the bell
Concepts
door knock
blacksmith’s hammer
power hammer
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maʁ.to/
Etymology
In summary
Back-formation from Old French marteaus, plural of martel, from Late Latin martellus, from martulus, variant form of marculus, diminutive of Latin marcus, or from malleus.
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