# mart
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: märt, IPA: /mɑɹt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɑːt/
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.

#### Noun

mart (plural marts)
* (Canada, US, Philippines, usually only in combination) A shop, a store, a market.
    FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart
* A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
    In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast.
** c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 87:Perhaps ſome Merchant hath inuited him, / And from the Mart he's ſomewhere gone to dinner: / Good Siſter let vs dine, and neuer fret; / A man is Maſter of his libertie:
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 23:3:And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.
** 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 38:In London; where has commerce ſuch a mart, / So rich, ſo throng'd, ſo drain'd, and ſo ſupplied, / As London, opulent, enlarged, and ſtill / Increaſing, London?
** 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Go, Woman!”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 202:The world is a great mart, my Holly, where all things are for sale to him who bids the highest in the currency of our desires.
** 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.
* (obsolete) A bargain.
** c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 217, column 2:Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, / And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.

##### Derived terms

* data mart
* D-Mart
* Kris Kringle Mart
* minimart
* Wal-Mart

#### Verb

mart (third-person singular simple present marts, present participle marting, simple past and past participle marted)
* (obsolete) To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
** 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:To sell and mart your officer for gold / To undeservers.
* (obsolete) To traffic.

### Etymology 2

From Latin Mārs. See Mart.

#### Noun

mart (plural marts)
* (obsolete) Battle; contest.

### Etymology 3

Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above.

#### Noun

mart (uncountable)
* (historical) Marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).

##### Related terms

* counter-mart
* letter of mart

### Etymology 4

Scottish English, from Middle English [Term?], from a Scottish Gaelic root.

#### Noun

mart (plural marts)
* A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
* (by extension, the animal or its meat) Salt beef.

### Anagrams

* tarm, armt., RATM, matr-, tram

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Internationalism; from Russian март (mart).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mart (definite accusative martı, plural martlar)
* (North Azerbaijani) March
    Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) مارس (mars)

#### Declension
### See also

* yanvar
* fevral
* mart
* aprel
* may
* iyun
* iyul
* avqust
* sentyabr
* oktyabr
* noyabr
* dekabr

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* marta

### Etymology

Of Germanic origin, possibly through Old French martre, from Proto-West Germanic *marþ (“marten”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmart]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmaɾt]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾt

### Noun

mart m (plural marts)
* A marten, especially the European pine marten (Martes martes).

#### Derived terms

* mart de coll groc
* mart del Japó
* mart del Nilgiri
* mart gibelí
* mart nord-americà

### Further reading

* “mart” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mart”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mart” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mart” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart).

### Noun

mart (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
* March
    Synonym: saban ayı

#### Declension
### See also

* yanvar
* fevral
* mart
* aprel
* mayıs
* iyün
* iyül
* avgust
* sentâbr
* oktâbr
* noyabr
* dekabr

### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “mart”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart), from Latin Martius

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑrt/

### Noun

mart (definite accusative martı, uncountable)
* (literary) March
    Synonyms: Baba Marta ay, Baba Marta

#### Declension
### See also

* Büük ay
* Küçük ay
* Baba marta
* Çiçek ay
* Hederlez ay
* Kirez ay
* Orak ay
* Harman ay
* Ceviz ay
* Canavar ay
* Kasım ay
* Kırım ay

### Further reading

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “март”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 326
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “mart”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 114

## Hungarian
### Etymology

mar +‎ -t

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɒrt]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mart

### Verb

mart
* third-person singular indicative past indefinite of mar

### Participle

mart
* past participle of mar

#### Declension
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish mart (“ox or cow slaughtered for meat, ox- (cow-) carcass”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mˠaɾˠtˠ/

### Noun

mart m (genitive singular mairt, nominative plural mairt)
* heifer or bullock carcass
* heifer or bullock fattened for slaughter
* (figurative) beefy person

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
mart
mairt
vocative
a mhairt
a mharta
genitive
mairt
mart
dative
mart
mairt
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mart
na mairt
genitive
an mhairt
na mart
dative
leis an mart don mhart
leis na mairt :

#### Derived terms

* mairteoil f (“beef”)
* martán m (“small ox”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mart/
* Homophone: mard

### Noun

mart
* construct form of mara

## Old Norse
### Adjective

mart
* strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of margr

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Dutch maart.

### Noun

mart
* March

### See also

Months of the year: yanüari (“January”), febrüari (“February”), mart (“March”), aprel (“April”), mei (“May”), yüni (“June”), yüli (“July”), ougùstùs (“August”), sèptèmber (“September”), oktober (“October”), novèmber (“November”), desèmber (“December”).

## Romanian
### Noun

mart m (uncountable)
* Alternative form of martie

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish mart (“ox, cow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /marˠʃt̪/

### Noun

mart m (genitive singular mairt, plural mairt)
* cow (due for or prepared for slaughter)
* (Argyll) cow (any)

#### Synonyms

* bò

#### Derived terms

* mairtfheòil (“beef”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “mart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mârt/

### Noun

mȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рт)
* (Bosnia, Serbia) March
    Synonym: (Croatia) òžujak

#### Coordinate terms

* jȁnuār
* fȅbruār
* mȁrt
* àprīl
* mȁj
* jȗni ~ jȗn
* jȗli ~ jȗl
* àvgust (Serbia) ~ àugust (Bosnia)
* sèptēmbar
* òktōbar
* nòvēmbar
* dècēmbar

#### Derived terms

* mȁrtovskī

## Tatar
### Noun

mart (Cyrillic spelling март)
* March

#### Related terms

* (month): Previous: febräl. Next: äpril

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مارت, from Byzantine Greek Μᾱ́ρτιος (Mā́rtios), from Latin martius.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mart (definite accusative martı, plural martlar)
* March

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
mart
martlar
definite accusative
martı
martları
dative
marta
martlara
locative
martta
martlarda
ablative
marttan
martlardan
genitive
martın
martların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
martım
martlarım
2nd singular
martın
martların
3rd singular
martı
martları
1st plural
martımız
martlarımız
2nd plural
martınız
martlarınız
3rd plural
martları
martları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
martımı
martlarımı
2nd singular
martını
martlarını
3rd singular
martını
martlarını
1st plural
martımızı
martlarımızı
2nd plural
martınızı
martlarınızı
3rd plural
martlarını
martlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
martıma
martlarıma
2nd singular
martına
martlarına
3rd singular
martına
martlarına
1st plural
martımıza
martlarımıza
2nd plural
martınıza
martlarınıza
3rd plural
martlarına
martlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
martımda
martlarımda
2nd singular
martında
martlarında
3rd singular
martında
martlarında
1st plural
martımızda
martlarımızda
2nd plural
martınızda
martlarınızda
3rd plural
martlarında
martlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
martımdan
martlarımdan
2nd singular
martından
martlarından
3rd singular
martından
martlarından
1st plural
martımızdan
martlarımızdan
2nd plural
martınızdan
martlarınızdan
3rd plural
martlarından
martlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
martımın
martlarımın
2nd singular
martının
martlarının
3rd singular
martının
martlarının
1st plural
martımızın
martlarımızın
2nd plural
martınızın
martlarınızın
3rd plural
martlarının
martlarının :

### See also

* ocak
* şubat
* mart
* nisan
* mayıs
* haziran
* temmuz
* ağustos
* eylül
* ekim
* kasım
* aralık

## Turkmen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart).

### Noun

mart (definite accusative marty, plural martlar)
* March

### See also

* ýanwar
* fewral
* mart
* aprel
* maý
* iýun
* iýul
* awgust
* sentýabr
* oktýabr
* noýabr
* dekabr

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian март (mart), from Latin mārtius.

### Noun

mart (plural martlar)
* March

#### Related terms

* yanvar
* fevral
* mart
* aprel
* may
* iyun
* iyul
* avgust
* sentabr
* oktabr
* noyabr
* dekabr