Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahr-tn-muh s]
- /ˈmɑr tn məs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahr-tn-muh s]
- /ˈmɑr tn məs/
Definitions of martinmas word
- noun martinmas a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin. 1
- noun martinmas the feast of St Martin on Nov 11; one of the four quarter days in Scotland 0
- noun martinmas Saint Martin's day, a church festival held on Nov. 11 0
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Origin of martinmas
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English Martinmasse. See Saint (Saint) Martin, Mass
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Parts of speech for Martinmas
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
martinmas popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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