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The French word for hammer is
marteler





hammer

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


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


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


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