marc
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑɹk/
- Rhymes: -ɑːk
- Homophones: mark, Mark, marque
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).
Noun[edit]
marc (usually uncountable, plural marcs)
- The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
- An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298:
- There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60:
- The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc (plural marcs)
- (historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”)
References[edit]
- “marc”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc m (plural marcs)
- frame
- (figurative) framework, setting
- Us aconsellarem per obtenir el resultat més favorable en el marc de la legalitat vigent.
- We will advise you so as to obtain the most favourable result in the existing legal framework.
- (historical) marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
- (historical) mark, any of various other half-pound units of mass
- (historical) mark, a former German currency
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “marc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “marc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “marc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “marc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French marc (14th c.), deverbal from marcher (“to trample, walk over”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /maʁ/
- Homophones: marcs, marre, marrent, marres (general), mare, mares (one pronunciation)
Noun[edit]
marc m (plural marcs)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French marc (12th c.), from Frankish *mark. Doublet of mark. Also related with marque and marche (“frontier”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /maʁ/, /maʁk/
- Homophones: marcs (general), mare, mares, marre, marrent, marres (form 1), Marc, mark, marks, marque, marques (form 2)
Noun[edit]
marc m (plural marcs)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “marc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).
Noun[edit]
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”).
Noun[edit]
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin marca. Doublet of marg.
Noun[edit]
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
marc | mharc | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92
Kashubian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle High German marz
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc
- March (month)
- Synonym: strëmiannik
Further reading[edit]
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “marzec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mark, mǫrk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc n (nominative plural marc)
- mark (as currency etc.)
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin marcus, itself borrowed from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, border”).
Noun[edit]
marc oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)
- mark (small distinguishing feature)
- mark (unit of currency)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
- Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (merc)
- merche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and beyond Celtic with Old English mearh (“horse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)
- horse
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851
- marc .i. each
- horse, that is, "horse"
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | marc | marcL | maircL |
Vocative | mairc | marcL | marcuH |
Accusative | marcN | marcL | marcuH |
Genitive | maircL | marc | marcN |
Dative | marcL | marcaib | marcaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
marc also mmarc after a proclitic |
marc pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
marc | mharc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ark
Noun[edit]
marc
- Nasal mutation of barc.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
barc | unchanged | ||
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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