martinete
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾtiˈnete/ [maɾ.t̪iˈne.t̪e]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: mar‧ti‧ne‧te
Etymology 1
From French martinet.
Noun
martinete m (plural martinetes)
- hammer (of a piano)
- large forge hammer
- a type of Flamenco chant
Etymology 2
A diminutive of martín.
Noun
martinete m (plural martinetes)
- black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Derived terms
- martinete común
Further reading
- “martinete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014