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marteau

French, noun/maʁ.to/

marteau is spelled M-A-R-T-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marteau is a French masculine noun meaning “a hammer used for pounding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Outil de fer qui a un manche, ordinairement de bois, et qui est propre à battre, forger, cogner, enfoncer”.

What does marteau mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea hammer used for pounding

  2. 2

    masculinea machine tool that pounds

  3. 3

    masculinea hammer-shaped tool used to hit something, such as a gavel

  4. 4

    masculinea rapper; a door knocker

  5. 5

    masculinea piano or dulcimer hammer

  6. 6

    masculinethe malleus

  7. 7

    masculinea throwing hammer

  8. 8

    masculinea hammer with bas relief marks used to create imprints on wood, leather etc.

adjective

  1. 1

    datedinformalcrazy; deranged

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Outil de fer qui a un manche, ordinairement de bois, et qui est propre à battre, forger, cogner, enfoncer. 2. Objet de bois muni d’un manche, qui permet à la personne qui dirige la séance d’attirer l’attention ou de ponctuer une décision en frappant sur la table. 3. Sorte d’anneau ou de battant de fer qui est attaché au milieu d’une porte à l’extérieur et avec lequel on frappe pour se faire ouvrir. 4. Grêlon.

adjective: 1. Fou, fada.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of marteau

  • marteaux plural
  • martel alternative archaic

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce marteau?

  • /maʁ.to/
  • \maʁ.to\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to marteau

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is marteau in French?

marteau appears 7.4 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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