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The French word for hammer is
marteau





hammer

Gender

The gender of marteau is masculine. E.g. le marteau.

Plural

The plural of marteau is marteaux.

French Definition


hammer
     1. n. (Outils) Marteau.
     2. v. Battre, passer à tabac, rosser.



Translations for hammer and their definitions

marteler ©
     1. v. to strike with a hammer; to hammer
     2. v. to shape or forge with a hammer
     3. v. to emphasise individual elements such as words or notes
           Il martèle chaque syllabe. - He stresses every syllable.
     4. v. to repeat insistently
     5. v. (figurative) to trouble; to bother; to worry
           Cette affaire me martèle. - This business bothers me.


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


chien
     1. n-m. dog
     2. n-m. cock, hammer (of a firearm)
     3. adj. (Louisiana French) greedy, stingy


malléus
     1. n-m. malleus (small bone in the middle ear)


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