martian
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Martian¹
- /ˈmɑːʃən/ UK
- /ˈmɑɹʃən/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin Mārtius (“of or relating to the planet Mars”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix). The word is cognate with Middle English marcien, marcyan, mercien (“subject to the influence or power of the planet Mars; relating to the god Mars, that is, warlike”), Middle French martien (“Martian”) (modern French martien), French Martien (“imaginary inhabitant of Mars; any extraterrestrial”), Italian marziano, Latin Mārtiānus (“Martian”), Portuguese marciano, Spanish marciano.
adjective martian
- Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants. The direct heat of the sun, shining through so thin an atmosphere, must be considerable wherever the sun is at a sufficient elevation; and of course the very tenuity of the air renders vaporization so much the easier, for the boiling point (and consequently all temperatures of evaporation at given r
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Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.
[T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] [T]hey are easily angered, and, for the time being, forget everything in the excess of their violence. The worst Martian type will commit murder before he knows
Similar: Martial
- Pertaining to battle or war; martial, military. The iudges vvhich thereto ſelected vvere, / Into the Martian field adovvne deſcended, / To deeme this doutfull caſe, for vvhich they all contended.
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Pertaining to the Roman god Mars, the god of war.
Near-synonym: Arean
Similar: Arean
noun Martians
- A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars. [T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] A male Martian is generally a great favorite with the ladies and is apt to be rather quick and unscrupulous in his courtship methods. He is not a sentimental lo
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An inhabitant of the planet Mars.
Thus she [one of the moons of Mars] has a disc, always on this assumption be it remembered, equal to about a quarter of our moon's; and being illuminated by the sun, like the other moon, with a light varying from one-half to one-third that which he pours on the earth, it follows that the light she r
Similar: little green man, marsling, Marsling
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A male Martian.
Coordinate term: Martianess
Similar: little green man, marsling, Marsling
proper noun
- A hypothetical language spoken on Mars. Although impressed by [Catherine Elise] Muller as a person, [Théodore] Flournoy regarded her experiences as a marvel of psychology rather than spiritualism. One of his key findings was that, while Muller's Martian had a consistent 23 letter alphabet, grammar and syntax, it was in fact a twisted vari
martian²
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of Martian (“of or pertaining to the planet Mars”).
noun martians
- Alternative form of Martian packet
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mars, alien, meteorite, sample, march, marciano, circum, meteorites, areological, martial, marsilian, class m, mercurian, protoplanetary, planetary, merlinian
Translations
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adj of or relating to the planet Mars
| Español | marciano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 화성의⋯ |
| 日本語 | 火星の… kasei no |
| 中文 | 火星的 |
| Português | marciano |
| Français | martien, martienne |
| Deutsch | marsianisch, Mars- |
| Italiano | marziano, marziana |
| Ελληνικά | αρειανός areianós, αρειανή areianí, αρειανό areianó |
| Română | marțian |
| Русский | марсиа́нский marsiánskij |
| العربية | مِرِّيخِيّ mirrīḵiyy |
| עברית | מאדימי ma'adimí |
noun inhabitant of the planet Mars
| Español | marciano, marciana |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 화성인 hwaseong'in |
| 日本語 | 火星人 Kasei-jin |
| 中文 | 火星人 huǒxīngrén |
| Português | marciano, marciana |
| Français | martien, martienne, Martien, Martienne |
| Deutsch | Marsianer, Marsianerin, Marsbewohner, Marsbewohnerin, Marsmensch |
| Italiano | marziano, marziana |
| Ελληνικά | αρειανός areianós, αρειανή areianí, Αρειανός Areianós, Αρειανή Areianí |
| Русский | марсиа́нин marsiánin, марсиа́нка marsiánka |
| العربية | مَرِيخِيّ marīḵiyy |
| עברית | מאדימי ma'adimí |
name hypothetical language spoken on Mars
| 中文 | 火星語 /火星语 |
|---|---|
| Français | martien |
| Deutsch | Marsianisch |
| Italiano | marziano |
| Русский | марсианский marsianskij |
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