🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Marte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: marte

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mars/mɑːrz/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #3400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Marte é o quarto planeta a partir do Sol."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system, known as the Red Planet due to iron oxide prevalent on its surface.

    "Scientists are planning future human missions to explore the surface of Mars."
  2. 2

    In Roman mythology, the god of war and agriculture, counterpart to the Greek god Ares.

    "In ancient Roman mythology, Mars was revered as both a protector of agriculture and a fierce warrior deity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Latin Mārs, the name of the ancient Roman god of war. In Middle English and antiquity, it was adopted into astronomical and astrological terminology to designate the fourth planet from the Sun, named for its reddish, blood-like color.

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