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Noun [English]

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Etymology: From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Alternatively from Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of "à la martingale" to mean absurdly, foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|martingale}} Middle French martingale, {{der|en|oc|martegalo}} Occitan martegalo, {{der|en|la|maritima}} Latin maritima, {{der|en|es|almártaga}} Spanish almártaga Head templates: {{en-noun}} martingale (plural martingales)
  1. A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point. Synonyms (piece of harness): tie-down Translations (piece of harness): martingala [feminine] (Catalan), martingal [masculine] (Czech), martingaali (Finnish), martingale [feminine] (French), Martingal [neuter] (German), martingál (Hungarian), iall bhrád [feminine] (Irish), (munagai) (alt: むながい) (Japanese), mātinikera (Maori), mātini (Maori), martingal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), martingal [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wytok [masculine] (Polish), gamarra [feminine] (Portuguese), мартинга́л (martingál) [masculine] (Russian), gamarra [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-noun-P005yGBv Disambiguation of 'piece of harness': 81 12 4 2 2 Disambiguation of 'piece of harness': 81 12 4 2 2
  2. (nautical) A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit. Categories (topical): Nautical Categories (lifeform): Horse tack Translations (bowsprit strengthening): martingala [feminine] (Catalan), vesiharus (Finnish), martingale [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-noun-7WC0MpAA Disambiguation of Horse tack: 12 39 31 5 11 3 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'bowsprit strengthening': 13 46 22 10 9
  3. (mathematics) A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a stochastic process relating random variables to earlier values): martingala [feminine] (Catalan), martingale [feminine] (French), martingál (Hungarian)
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  4. A gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss. Translations (a gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss): 纜 /缆 (alt: laam⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), martingale [feminine] (French), мартинге́йл (martingéjl) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-noun-vtJFYugx Disambiguation of 'a gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss': 1 2 3 93 2
  5. (fencing) A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed. Categories (topical): Fencing
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-noun-k43SKVhM Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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Synonyms: martingal Derived forms: anti-martingale, submartingale, supermartingale

Verb [English]

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Etymology: From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Alternatively from Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of "à la martingale" to mean absurdly, foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|martingale}} Middle French martingale, {{der|en|oc|martegalo}} Occitan martegalo, {{der|en|la|maritima}} Latin maritima, {{der|en|es|almártaga}} Spanish almártaga Head templates: {{en-verb}} martingale (third-person singular simple present martingales, present participle martingaling, simple past and past participle martingaled)
  1. To employ the martingale strategy in gambling.
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-verb-Vbvp4H9n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: martingal

Noun [French]

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Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} martingale f (plural martingales)
  1. martingale Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-martingale-fr-noun-O4f1ISkH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

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  1. plural of martingala Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: martingala
    Sense id: en-martingale-it-noun-bIy91h-f Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "martingale f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian noun forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "martingala"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of martingala"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "martingala",
          "martingala#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "martingale"
}

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