martyre
French, noun/maʁ.tiʁ/
martyre is spelled M-A-R-T-Y-R-E (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Martyre is a French masculine noun meaning “martyrdom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mort ou tourments endurés pour sa religion, sa foi”.
What does martyre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemartyrdom
noun
- 1
femininemartyress; female equivalent of martyr
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mort ou tourments endurés pour sa religion, sa foi. 2. Tortures endurées par les victimes de tortionnaires. 3. Toute sorte de peines ou de douleurs de corps et d’esprit. 4. Peine d’amour.
noun: 1. Femme martyr.
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 martyre
- martyres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce martyre?
- /maʁ.tiʁ/
- \maʁ.tiʁ\
- [maʁ.tiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to martyre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is martyre in French?
martyre appears 3.2 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).