marteau

• martel (archaic)

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.

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.to/

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marteau m (plural marteaux)

1. a hammer used for pounding
2. a machine tool that pounds
3. a hammer-shaped tool used to hit something, such as a gavel
4. a rapper; a door knocker
5. (music) a piano or dulcimer hammer
6. (anatomy) the malleus
7. (athletics) a throwing hammer
8. (technical) a hammer with bas relief marks used to create imprints on wood, leather etc.
9. (curling) the advantage of throwing the last stone
10. (clockmaking) the part of a clock that strikes the bell

marteau (plural marteaux)

1. (dated, informal) crazy; deranged

• “marteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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