Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants.

    marsianisch, Mars-

    марсиа́нскийmarsiánskij

    марсія́нськийmarsijánsʹkyj, марсіа́нськийmarsiánsʹkyj

    of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)

  2. (not comparable)Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.

  3. (not comparable)Pertaining to the Roman god Mars, the god of war.

    Near-synonym: Arean

  4. (not comparable, obsolete)Pertaining to battle or war; martial, military.

Examples

64 sentences

  1. If martians exist, they would probably be microorganisms.

    magnificentgoddess · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Martians have taken over the earth.

    ruМарсиане захватили Землю. — shanghainese

    deDie Marsmenschen haben die Erde besetzt. — Mickey

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  3. Get off my planet, you Martian scum!

    Геть з моєї планети, ти, марсіанська наволоч! — deniko

    mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Martian colonists initially opted to build habitats underground and in domed enclosures.

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  5. Do Martians speak English?

    Чи марсіани говорять англійською? — deniko

    ruМарсиане говорят по-английски? — Balamax

    deSprechen Marsianer Englisch? — Tlustulimu

    CN · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
of or relating to the planet Mars:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or relating to the planet Mars:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to the planet Mars:

Origin

From Latin Mārtius (“of or relating to the planet Mars”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).

From Latin Mārtius (“of or relating to the planet Mars”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix). The word is cognate with Middle English marcien, marcyan, mercien (“subject to the influence or power of the planet Mars; relating to the god Mars, that is, warlike”), Middle French martien (“Martian”) (modern French martien), French Martien (“imaginary inhabitant of Mars; any extraterrestrial”), Italian marziano, Latin Mārtiānus (“Martian”), Portuguese marciano, Spanish marciano.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Synonyms

3 synonyms
AreanMartialareo-

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
martmartenmartialmartinmartinimartyr

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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