English Explanatory Dictionary

Martian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants.
  2. Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.
  3. Pertaining to battle or war; martial, military.
  4. Pertaining to the Roman god Mars, the god of war.
noun
  1. A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
  2. An inhabitant of the planet Mars.
  3. A male Martian.
name
  1. A hypothetical language spoken on Mars.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Martian (“of or pertaining to the planet Mars”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of Martian packet.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɑːʃən/ märʹshən /ˈmɑɹʃən/ en-au-Martian.ogg

Word forms

Martian Martians

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Arean areo- Martial little green man marsling

Derived words

circum-Martian Martian blueberry Martianism Martianize Martianness Martian packet Martian poetry Martian spherule trans-Martian Martianess Tamartian

Translations

Arabic: مِرِّيخِيّ Belarusian: марсія́нскі Breton: meurzhek Catalan: marcià Chinese Mandarin: 火星的 Cornish: meurthek Dutch: Mars- Dutch: van Mars Dutch: Martiaans Esperanto: marsa Finnish: marsilainen French: martien French: martienne Galician: marciano Galician: marciana German: marsianisch German: Mars- Greek: αρειανός Greek: αρειανή Greek: αρειανό Hebrew: מאדימי Hungarian: marsi Hungarian: marsbéli Hungarian: marslakó Hungarian: Mars-lakó Irish: Marsa Irish: Marsach Italian: marziano Italian: marziana Japanese: 火星の… Kazakh: марстағы Korean: 화성의⋯ Latin: Mārtiānus Latin: Mārtiāna Latin: Mārtiānum Macedonian: марсовски Middle English: marcyan Occitan: marsian Persian: مریخی Persian: بهرامی Polish: marsjański Portuguese: marciano Romanian: marțian Russian: марсиа́нский Serbo-Croatian: mȁrsovskī Serbo-Croatian: ма̏рсовскӣ Spanish: marciano Swedish: marsiansk Ukrainian: марсія́нський Ukrainian: марсіа́нський Urdu: مِرِّیخی Welsh: Mawrthaidd Arabic: مَرِيخِيّ Belarusian: марсія́нін Belarusian: марсія́нка Breton: Meurzhiad Bulgarian: марсианец Catalan: marcià Catalan: marciana Chinese Mandarin: 火星人 Czech: Marťan Danish: marsbo Danish: marsboer Danish: marsmand Dutch: marsmannetje Esperanto: marsano Esperanto: marsanino German: Marsianer German: Marsianerin German: Marsbewohner German: Marsbewohnerin German: Marsmensch Greek: αρειανός Greek: αρειανή Hungarian: marslakó Hungarian: Mars-lakó Icelandic: marsbúi Irish: Marsach Japanese: 火星人 Korean: 화성인 Lithuanian: marsiẽtis Lithuanian: marsiẽtė Macedonian: Марсовец Macedonian: Марсовка Norwegian Bokmål: marsboer Norwegian Bokmål: marsbuer Norwegian Nynorsk: marsbuar Norwegian Nynorsk: Mars-buar Persian: مریخی Polish: Marsjanin Polish: Marsjanka Portuguese: marciano Portuguese: marciana Romansh: Marsian
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