mortar

mortar

See also: mortâr and mörtar

English

Mortar and pestle.

Alternative forms

• morter (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English morter, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortārium. Doublet of mortarium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːtə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

mortar (countable and uncountable, plural mortars)

1. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
2. (countable) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
3. (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
4. (countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.

Derived terms

• mortarboard

Translations

mixture of lime or cement, sand and water

Arabic: مِلَاط‎ m (milāṭ) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܡܠܴܛܳܐ‎ m (mlāṭā) Armenian: կրաշաղախ (hy) (krašałax), շաղախ (hy) (šałax) Old Armenian: շաղախ (šałax), տաղախ (tałax) Middle Armenian: կաղջին (kałǰin) Asturian: morteru m Bulgarian: хороса́н m (horosán) Catalan: morter (ca) m, argamassa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 灰泥 (zh) (huīní), 砂漿／砂浆 (zh) (shājiāng) Czech: malta (cs) f Danish: mørtel (da) Dutch: specie (nl) f, mortel (nl) m Esperanto: pistujo Finnish: laasti (fi) French: mortier (fr) m Galician: masa (gl) f, argamasa f, morteiro (gl) m, brónica f, recebo m, cal (gl) f Georgian: კირდუღაბი (ḳirduɣabi) German: Mörtel (de) m Greek: κονίαμα (el) n (koníama) Hebrew: מֶלֶט‎ (he) m (melet) Hungarian: habarcs (hu), malter (hu), vakolat (hu) Ido: mortero (io) Indonesian: mortar (id) Irish: moirtéal m Italian: malta (it) f Japanese: モルタル (ja) (morutaru) Korean: 모르타르 (moreutareu) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: mortārium n Latvian: java f Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: ма́лтер m (málter) Maltese: tajn tat-tikħil m Norman: mortchi m Norwegian: mørtel m Occitan: mortièr (oc) m Persian: ملات‎ (malât), ساروج‎ (fa) (sârûj) Polish: zaprawa (pl) f Portuguese: argamassa (pt) f, massa (pt) f, reboco m Romanian: mortar (ro) n Russian: (строительный), (цементный) раство́р (ru) m (rastvór) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: малтер f, морт m Roman: malter (sh) m, mort (sh) m Slovak: malta f Slovene: malta (sl) f Spanish: mortero (es) m, argamasa (es) f Swedish: murbruk (sv) n Thai: ปูน (th) (bpuun) Turkish: harç (tr) Turkmen: suwag, laý Ukrainian: будівельний розчин m (budivelʹnyj rozčyn) Vietnamese: vữa (vi) Welsh: morter m Zazaki: xerc m

short large-bore cannon

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: هَاوُن‎ m (hāwun) Armenian: հրասանդ (hy) (hrasand), ականանետ (hy) (akananet) Bulgarian: минохвърга́чка f (minohvǎrgáčka) Catalan: morter (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 迫擊砲／迫击炮 (zh) (pǎijīpào) Czech: minomet m Dutch: mortier (nl) m or n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: miinipilduja Finnish: kranaatinheitin (fi), heitin (fi), mörssäri (fi) (historical) French: mortier (fr) m Galician: morteiro (gl) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Mörser (de) m Hungarian: mozsárágyú (hu), mozsár (hu) Indonesian: mortir (id) Italian: mortaio (it) m Japanese: 迫撃砲 (はくげきほう, hakugekihō) Korean: 박격포(迫撃砲) (ko) (bakgyeokpo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hawin (ku) Latin: mortārium n Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: минофр́лач m (minofŕlač), минофр́лачка f (minofŕlačka) Maltese: murtal m Maori: mōtā, moatā Norman: mortchi m Norwegian: bombekaster m Persian: کماره‎ (kamâre), منداغان‎ (mandâğân) Polish: moździerz (pl) m inan Portuguese: morteiro (pt) Romanian: mortier (ro) n Russian: миномёт (ru) m (minomjót) (modern, lightweight, transmitting recoil to a base plate), морти́ра (ru) f (mortíra) (historical, heavy) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: минобацач m Roman: minobacač (sh) m Slovak: mažiar m, mínomet m Slovene: možnar (sl) m Spanish: mortero (es) m Swedish: granatkastare (sv) c, mörsare (sv) c Thai: ปืนครก (th) (bpʉʉn-krók) Turkish: havan (tr), havan topu (tr) Ukrainian: морти́ра f (mortýra), мущи́р m (muščýr) Zazaki: hawane m

vessel used to grind ingredients

Ainu: ニース (nīsu) Akkadian: 𒄑𒄤 (/esittu/), 𒈠𒁖𒆪 (/madakku/), 𒌨𒍮 (/urṣu/), 𒈠𒆹𒌅 (/masūktu/) Aklanon: eusong Arabic: مِهْرَاس‎ m (mihrās), هَاوُن‎ m (hāwun), جُرْن‎ m (jurn), نِجْر‎ m (nijr) Egyptian Arabic: جرن‎ m (gurn) Aragonese: almirete m Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܐܷܣܺܬ݁ܐ‎ m (ʾesittā), ܡܕܳܟ݂ܬܴܐ‎ m (mḏāḵtā) Armenian: սանդ (hy) (sand), հավան (hy) (havan), հավանգ (hy) (havang) Old Armenian: սանդ (sand), անկան (ankan) Middle Armenian: հաւան (hawan) Assamese: খুন্দনা (khundona) Asturian: morteru m Azerbaijani: həvəng, həvəngdəstə Bashkir: киле (kile) Belarusian: сту́па f (stúpa) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: хава́н m (haván) Canela: cahuw Catalan: morter (ca) m Cebuano: lusong Chinese: Mandarin: 研缽／研钵 (zh) (yánbō), 臼 (zh) (jiù) Classical Nahuatl: mōlcaxitl Czech: hmoždíř m, moždíř (cs) m Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can Dongxiang: duiwo Dutch: vijzel (nl) m, mortier (nl) m or n Esperanto: pistujo Ewe: to Finnish: huhmar (fi), mortteli (fi) French: mortier (fr) m Friulian: mortâr m, pile f Galician: morteiro (gl) m, armidés m, almofariz m, cacirete m, machaduro m German: Mörser (de) m Greek: γουδί (el) n (goudí) Ancient: ἴγδις f (ígdis), θυεία f (thueía) Higaonon: lusung Hindi: ओखली (hi) f (okhlī) Hungarian: mozsár (hu) Indonesian: mortar (id), cobek (id) Iranun: please add this translation if you can Irish: moirtéar m Italian: mortaio (it) m Japanese: すり鉢 (すりばち, suribachi), 擂り鉢 (すりばち, suribachi), 臼 (ja) (うす, usu), 乳鉢 (ja) (nyūbachi) Jeju: 방엣혹 (bang'ethok) Kapampangan: asung Kayapó: kawa Kazakh: келі (kelı) Khmer: ត្បាល់ (km) (tbal) Korean: 방아확 (bang'ahwak), 절구 (jeolgu), (small-sized) 유발(乳鉢) (ko) (yubal) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ھاوان‎ (ku) (hawan), ئاوان‎ (ku) (awan), ئاوِنگ‎ (awing) Laki: ھەوەنگ‎ (heweng) Southern Kurdish: ھاوِن‎ (hawin), ھاوِنگ‎ (hawing) Latin: pīsō m, mortārium n Latvian: piesta f Macedonian: а́ван m (ávan) Maguindanao: lesung Malay: lesung Maori: oko (mi) Maranao: lesong Minangkabau: lasuang (min) Mongolian: уур (mn) (uur) Ngazidja Comorian: shino class 7/8 Norman: mortchi m Norwegian: morter m Pashto: please add this translation if you can Persian: هاون‎ (fa) (hâvan) Polish: moździerz (pl) m inan, stępa (pl) f Portuguese: almofariz (pt) m, morteiro (pt) m, gral m, pilão (pt) m Pykobjê: cahohw Rohingya: please add this translation if you can Romanian: piuliță (ro) f, piuă (ro) f, mojar (ro) n Russian: сту́па (ru) f (stúpa), сту́пка (ru) f (stúpka) Sardinian: maltàgiu m, martaju m, moltàgiu m, mortagiu m, mortaju m, murtàgiu m, murtaju m, murtarzu m, murtarju m, murtàgliu m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ступа m, аван m, мужар m, тарионик m Roman: stupa (sh) f, avan (sh) m, mužar (sh) m, tarionik (sh) m Sicilian: murtaru (scn) m Slovak: mažiar m Slovene: možnar (sl) m Spanish: mortero (es) m, almirez (es) m, pilón (es) m Sumerian: 𒄑𒄤 (/naĝa/), 𒀉𒆠 (/idki, itki/) Swahili: kinu (sw) Swedish: mortel (sv) c Sylheti: please add this translation if you can Tagalog: lusong Tausug: lusung Thai: ครก (th) (krók), โกร่ง (th) (gròong) Ukrainian: сту́па f (stúpa) Urdu: اوکھلی‎ f (okhlī) Venetian: mortèr m Vietnamese: cối (vi) Welsh: morter m Yakan: linsungan Yiddish: please add this translation if you can Yoruba: odó Zazaki: heveng c

Verb

mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)

1. (transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
2. (transitive) To pound in a mortar.
3. To fire a mortar (weapon).
4. To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).

   The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.

Related terms

• bricks and mortar

See also

• gun
• howitzer

Anagrams

• marrot

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Ido

Etymology

Derived from morto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrˈtar/

Verb

mortar (present mortas, past mortis, future mortos, conditional mortus, imperative mortez)

1. (intransitive, literally and figuratively) to die, cease to live, depart this life
2. (intransitive) to go out (of fire, lights, etc.)
3. (intransitive) to come to an end (of movement)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mortar

		present		past		future
infinitive		mortar		mortir		mortor
tense		mortas		mortis		mortos
conditional		mortus
imperative		mortez
adjective active participle		mortanta		mortinta		mortonta
adverbial active participle		mortante		mortinte		mortonte
nominal active participle	singular	mortanto		mortinto		mortonto
	plural	mortanti		mortinti		mortonti

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English mortar, from Middle English morter, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortārium. Doublet of mortir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.tar]
• Hyphenation: mor‧tar

Noun

mortar (first-person possessive mortarku, second-person possessive mortarmu, third-person possessive mortarnya)

1. mortar,
   1. a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
   2. a hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

      Synonym: lumpang

Further reading

• “mortar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Middle English

Noun

mortar

1. Alternative form of morter

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mortar m

1. indefinite plural of mort

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortārium (19th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /morˈtar/

Noun

mortar n (uncountable)

1. mortar (construction material)

Declension

declension of mortar (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mortar	mortarul
genitive/dative	(unui) mortar	mortarului
vocative	mortarule

Related terms

• mortier
• mojar

Further reading

• mortar in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)