marteler

From Old French marteler. Compare to English martel, Dutch martelen.

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.tə.le/

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marteler

1. (transitive) to strike with a hammer; to hammer
2. (transitive) to shape or forge with a hammer
   • 2014, Thierry Declecq, Mémoires d'un tas de charbon:

     De retour dans son atelier, il inspecta pour la mille et unième fois les lettres qu'il avait si langoureusement martelées.

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3. (transitive) to emphasise individual elements such as words or notes
4. (transitive) to repeat insistently

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il martèle rather than *il martele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

• “marteler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

martel +‎ -er

marteler

1. to strike with a hammer; to hammer
2. to shape or forge with a hammer

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: marteler