mártir
Portuguese
/ˈmaʁt͡ʃiʁ/, /ˈmaɾtiɾ/
noun
Definitions
- martyr one who dies for his religion
- (by extension) martyr one who sacrifices their life for an important cause
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin martyr derived from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (witness).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μάρτυς
Gloss
witness
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- martur Latin
- martyr Latin
- martyrem, martyr Latin
- martyrologium Latin
- mártir Spanish, Castilian
- μάρτυρ Ancient Greek
- μάρτυς Ancient Greek
- μαρτυρέω Ancient Greek
- μαρτύριον Ancient Greek
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- martyr Norwegian Bokmål
- martirizar Portuguese
- martyr Swedish
- martyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- martyr Old English
- martire Old French
- martiro Esperanto
- màrtir Catalan, Valencian
- martor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- martir Indonesian
- martyr Norman
- martir Old Danish