"martingale" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-martingale.wav [US] Forms: martingales [plural]
Etymology: Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Alternatively from Spanish almártaga. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|martingale}} Middle French martingale, {{der|en|oc|martegalo}} Occitan martegalo, {{m|oc|martegal}} martegal, {{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': 80 12 4 2 2 Disambiguation of 'piece of harness': 80 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: 10 38 29 6 14 3 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'bowsprit strengthening': 6 45 29 6 14
  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)
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-noun-VrufVLG8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 17 40 5 17 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 16 41 7 16 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a stochastic process relating random variables to earlier values': 2 7 83 3 6
  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): (Chinese Cantonese), (alt: laam⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), martingale [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-martingale-en-noun-vtJFYugx Disambiguation of 'a gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss': 1 2 3 92 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: martingal Derived forms: anti-martingale, submartingale, supermartingale

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-martingale.wav [US] Forms: martingales [present, singular, third-person], participle martingaling [present], martingaled [participle, past], martingaled [past]
Etymology: Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Alternatively from Spanish almártaga. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|martingale}} Middle French martingale, {{der|en|oc|martegalo}} Occitan martegalo, {{m|oc|martegal}} martegal, {{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]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-martingale.wav Forms: martingales [plural]
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

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} martingale f
  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

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