Wiktionary

Mars

See also: mars, MARS, mârs, marš, Марс, and марс

EnglishEdit

 
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Mars astronomical symbol
 
Mars (planet)

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mars (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 B.C.E.) Māvors. 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 (mamers) was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris.

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. (astronomy) The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂
    Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.
  4. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of war.
    Synonym: Ares
    Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia.
  5. (poetic) War; a personification of war.
    In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe.
    • 1918, Ruth Stanley Farnam, A Nation at Bay: What an American Woman Saw and Did in Suffering Serbia, page 57:
      Mars rode upon the storm of horror and drank his fill of pain and blood. When the Serbian Army retreated before the foe, four times its own strength, it went backward facing the enemy and fighting every step of the way.
    • 1944, McGraw-Hill, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 145, page 54:
      A relieved world then will eagerly turn to the task of reclaiming the destruction wrought by Mars ... A tremendous task, filled with infinite possibilities ... A profitable task, according to how well you are prepared to do your part in the rehabilitation ...
    • 1975, Helen Diane Russell, Jeffrey Blanchard, Jacques Callot: Prints & Related Drawings, Issue 21, page 10:
      The plague, inevitable companion of Mars, ravaged the populace.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
Planets and
most likely
dwarf planets 		Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Orcus Pluto Salacia Haumea Quaoar Makemake Gonggong Eris Sedna
Notable
moons 		— Moon Phobos
Deimos 		— Ganymede
Callisto
Io
Europa 		Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas 		Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda 		Triton Vanth Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx 		Actaea Hiʻiaka
Namaka 		Weywot (MK2) Xiangliu Dysnomia —

Etymology 2Edit

After Frank C. Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  1. The Mars Bar, a brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
    • 1985, Michael Collier, Longest Day, page 206:
      Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 3Edit

Alternative forms.

NounEdit

Mars

  1. Alternative form of Mas

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: Mars

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch Mars.

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. (astronomy) Mars
  4. (Roman mythology) Mars

See alsoEdit

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m

  2. (inanimate) Mars, the fourth planet in the solar system
  4. (animate) Mars, the Roman god of war

DeclensionEdit

animate
Declension of Mars
singulare tantum
nominative Mars
genitive Marta
dative Martovi, Martu
accusative Marta
vocative Marte
locative Martovi, Martu
instrumental Martem
inanimate
Declension of Mars
singulare tantum
nominative Mars
genitive Marsu
dative Marsu
accusative Mars
vocative Marse
locative Marsu
instrumental Marsem

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star Slunce
Planets and
most likely
dwarf planets 		Merkur Venuše Země Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uran Neptun {{{Orcus}}} Pluto {{{Salacia}}} Haumea {{{Quaoar}}} Makemake {{{Gonggong}}} Eris {{{Sedna}}}
Notable
moons 		— Měsíc Phobos/Fobos
Deimos 		— Ganymed
Callisto
Io
Europa 		Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas 		Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda 		Triton {{{Vanth}}} Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx 		{{{Actaea}}} Hiʻiaka
Namaka 		{{{Weywot}}} (MK2) {{{Xiangliu}}} Dysnomia —

Further readingEdit

DanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)

See alsoEdit

(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun [edit]

DutchEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Mārs.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m

  2. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

Related termsEdit

EstonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

EweEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  1. March
    Synonym: Tedoxe

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Mars
Accusative Mars
Dative Marsi
Genitive Mars

See alsoEdit

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑrs̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrs
  • Syllabification: Mars

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of Mars (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Mars —
genitive Marsin —
partitive Marsia —
illative Marsiin —
singular plural
nominative Mars —
accusative nom. Mars —
gen. Marsin
genitive Marsin —
partitive Marsia —
inessive Marsissa —
elative Marsista —
illative Marsiin —
adessive Marsilla —
ablative Marsilta —
allative Marsille —
essive Marsina —
translative Marsiksi —
instructive — —
abessive Marsitta —
comitative — —
Possessive forms of Mars (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Marsini Marsimme
2nd person Marsisi Marsinne
3rd person Marsinsa

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star Aurinko
Planets and
most likely
dwarf planets 		Merkurius Venus Maa Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturnus Uranus Neptunus {{{Orcus}}} Pluto {{{Salacia}}} Haumea {{{Quaoar}}} Makemake {{{Gonggong}}} Eris {{{Sedna}}}
Notable
moons 		— Kuu Phobos
Deimos 		— Ganymedes
Kallisto
Io
Europa 		Titan
Rhea
Japetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas 		Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda 		Triton {{{Vanth}}} Kharon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx 		{{{Actaea}}} Hiʻiaka
Namaka 		{{{Weywot}}} (MK2) {{{Xiangliu}}} Dysnomia —

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Mars

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Mārs.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m (genitive Mars)

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “Mars” in Duden online
  • “Mars” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

HungarianEdit

 Mars on Hungarian Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mars —
accusative Marsot —
dative Marsnak —
instrumental Marssal —
causal-final Marsért —
translative Marssá —
terminative Marsig —
essive-formal Marsként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Marsban —
superessive Marson —
adessive Marsnál —
illative Marsba —
sublative Marsra —
allative Marshoz —
elative Marsból —
delative Marsról —
ablative Marstól —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Marsé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Marséi —
Possessive forms of Mars
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Marsom —
2nd person sing. Marsod —
3rd person sing. Marsa —
1st person plural Marsunk —
2nd person plural Marsotok —
3rd person plural Marsuk —

Derived termsEdit

Compound words

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

declension of Mars
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Mars
accusative Mars
dative Mars
genitive Mars

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

Proper nounEdit

Mars m (genitive Marsa)

  2. Mars (planet)
    Synonym: Máirt
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Mars

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Mars
Vocative a Mhars
Genitive Marsa
Dative Mars

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Mars
Genitive an Mharsa
Dative leis an Mars

don Mhars

See alsoEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Mars Mhars not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • "Mars" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “Mars” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Mars” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Latin Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis. Mamers was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mārs m sg (genitive Mārtis); third declension

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

Usage notesEdit

The name of the god could, through interpretatio romana, serve to replace the name of a war god in a foreign language. Thus Saxo Grammaticus, for example, uses the term to refer to the Norse god Odin, alternating it with the borrowed form Ōthinus.

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mārs
Genitive Mārtis
Dative Mārtī
Accusative Mārtem
Ablative Mārte
Vocative Mārs

NounEdit

Mārs m (genitive Mārtis); third declension

  1. war, battle, conflict
    aequato Marte ― made equal the battle

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Mārs Mārtēs
Genitive Mārtis Mārtum
Dative Mārtī Mārtibus
Accusative Mārtem Mārtēs
Ablative Mārte Mārtibus
Vocative Mārs Mārtēs

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • → Middle English: Mars
  • French: Mars
  • Italian: Marte
  • Portuguese: Marte
  • Romanian: Marte
  • Spanish: Marte

ReferencesEdit

LatvianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m

  1. vocative singular form of Marss

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  1. The Roman god governing war; Mars.
  2. The red-coloured planet visible to the naked eye: Mars.

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Northern SamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Norwegian Mars.

PronunciationEdit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /maːrs/, [maːʂ]

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

See alsoEdit

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars m pers

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Mars
singular
nominative Mars
genitive Marsa
dative Marsowi
accusative Marsa
instrumental Marsem
locative Marsie
vocative Marsie

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Mars in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mȁrs m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рс)

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Mars
singular
nominative Mars
genitive Marsa
dative Marsu
accusative Mars(a)
vocative Marsu
locative Marsu
instrumental Marsem

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mȃrs m anim

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

InflectionEdit

Planet:

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative Márs
genitive Mársa
singular
nominative Márs
accusative Márs
genitive Mársa
dative Mársu
locative Mársu
instrumental Mársom

God (or sometimes the planet):

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Márs
genitive Mársa
singular
nominative Márs
accusative Mársa
genitive Mársa
dative Mársu
locative Mársu
instrumental Mársom

See alsoEdit

(planets of the Solar System) planéti osónčja; Merkúr, Vénera, Zémlja, Márs, Júpiter, Satúrn, Urán, Neptún

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars c (genitive Mars)

  2. Mars (planet)
  4. Mars (Roman god)

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

TatarEdit

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  2. Mars (planet)

DeclensionEdit

    declension of Mars
Nominative Mars
Genitive Marsnıñ
Dative Marsqa
Accusative Marsnı
Locative Marsta
Ablative Marstan

ReferencesEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English March.

Proper nounEdit

Mars

  1. March

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

Mars c (no plural)

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (god)

Further readingEdit

  • “Mars (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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