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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•ten /ˈmɑrtən/USA pronunciation n., pl. -tens, (esp. when thought of as a group) -ten. - Mammals[countable] a mainly tree-dwelling animal of the weasel family.
- Clothing[uncountable] the fur of such an animal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•ten (mär′tn),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tens, (esp. collectively) -ten. - Mammalsany of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Clothingthe fur of such an animal, generally a dark brown.
- Gmc; compare German Marder) + -in -in1
- Middle French martrine marten fur, noun, nominal use of feminine of martrin pertaining to a marten, equivalent. to martre marten (
- Middle Low German, equivalent. to mart marten (cognate with Old English mearth) + -en -en5; replacing late Middle English martren
- 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: marten /ˈmɑːtɪn/ n ( pl -tens, -ten)- any of several agile arboreal musteline mammals of the genus Martes, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having bushy tails and golden brown to blackish fur
See also pine marten - the highly valued fur of these animals, esp that of M. americana
See also sableEtymology: 15th Century: from Middle Dutch martren, from Old French (peau) martrine skin of a marten, from martre, probably of Germanic origin |