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mart¹

  • /mɑɹt/ US
  • /mɑːt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

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 marts

  1. Canada, Philippines, US, in compounds, usually A shop, a store, a market. FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart
  2. A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace. In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast.
  3. obsolete A bargain. Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.

verb marts · marting · marted

  1. obsolete, transitive To buy or sell in, or as in a mart. To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers.
  2. obsolete, transitive To traffic.

mart²

  • /mɑɹt/ US
  • /mɑːt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

From Latin Mārs. See Mart.

noun marts

  1. obsolete A battle; a contest.

mart³

  • /mɑɹt/ US
  • /mɑːt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

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

noun

  1. historical, uncountable A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).

mart⁴

  • /mɑɹt/ US
  • /mɑːt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Scottish English, from Middle English, from a Scottish Gaelic root, see mart (“cow prepared for killing”).

noun marts

  1. A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
  2. broadly Salt beef.

Mart⁵

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Martin. He looked at me when introduced and said “Mart's boy!” 'I was in fact Martin's grandson, but didn't bother splitting hairs — […]
  2. Roman Mars, god of war.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marketplace, emporium, store, greeter, expo, exposition, kwik, trust, fair, wal, shop, market, bazaar, mall, exchange, bourse

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@misc{mart_2026,
  title = {mart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}