mar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mar"

Translingual

Symbol

mar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Marathi.

English

WOTD – 8 April 2016

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: mar

• Audio (UK)

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Etymology 1

From Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit mṛṣ (“forget, neglect”).

Alternative forms

• marre (obsolete)

Verb

mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

1. (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Prospero: […] huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, →OCLC:

     Ire, envy, and despair / Marred all his borrowed visage, and betrayed / Him counterfeit.

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 218:

     Mother, tho' wiſe your ſelf, my Counſel weigh; / 'Tis much unſafe my Sire to disobey; / Not only you provoke him to your Coſt, / But Mirth is marr'd, and the good Chear is loſt.

   • 1826, Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Printed from the Most Correct Copies of the Present Authorized Translation, including the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes. Designed as a Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings, volume IV, Royal Octavo Stereotype edition, New York, N.Y.: Published by N. Bangs and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 13, Crosby-Street, Jeremiah 18:3–4, page 53:

     […] I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

   • 1856, Jabez Burns, “The Heralds of Mercy”, in Cyclopedia of Sermons: Containing Sketches of Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Christ, on Christian Missions, on Scripture Characters and Incidents; on Subjects Appropriate for the Sick Room, Family Reading and Village Worship and some Special Occasions, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, →OCLC, page 253:

     Sin defiles the soul; it mars its beauty, impairs its health and vigor. It perverts its powers, and deranges all its dignified energies and attributes.

   • 2000, Vanessa Gunther, “The Indian Giver”, in Gordon Morris Bakken, editor, Law in the Western United States (Legal History of North America; 6), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 271:

     The Court's ability to reinterpret the words in the treaty that do not appeal to it mars its logic, and demeans other words there, most significantly the solemnity of the United States oath.

   • 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr.; Frank N. Jones; S. Peter Pappas; Douglas A. Wicks, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, pages 85 and 210:

     [page 85] Mar resistance is related to abrasion resistance, but there is an important difference. Abrasion may go deeply into the coating, whereas marring is usually a near-surface phenomenon; mars less than 0.5 μm deep can degrade appearance. […] [page 210] Eventually, sufficient resin can accumulate to drip down on products going through the ovens, marring their finish.

   • 2018 July 10, “Cave rescue: Final push under way in Thailand”, in bbc.com‎^[1], BBC, retrieved 2018-07-10:

     They extracted a ninth boy on Tuesday, the Thai Navy said, with reports suggesting two more. If confirmed, one child and an adult remain to be rescued, bringing to a close an epic operation marred by one diver's death.

Derived terms

• marring

Translations

to spoil, to damage

• Bulgarian: развалям (razvaljam), повреждам (povreždam)
• Catalan: anar-se'n en orris, espatllar, perdre
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 損壞／损坏 (zh) (sǔnhuài), 損傷／损伤 (zh) (sǔnshāng), 變壞／变坏 (zh) (biànhuài), 破壞／破坏 (zh) (pòhuài), 糟蹋 (zh) (zāota)

• Dutch: verpesten, verknoeien, beschadigen
• Finnish: pilata, tärvellä, turmella, leimata (figuratively)
• French: entacher (figuratively)
• German: verderben, stören, verunstalten, beeinträchtigen, versauen
• Japanese: 台無しにする (だいなしにする, dainashi ni suru), 傷める (いためる, itameru)
• Latin: turpō
• Romanian: strica
• Russian: по́ртить impf (pórtitʹ), испо́ртить pf (ispórtitʹ), поврежда́ть impf (povreždátʹ), повреди́ть pf (povredítʹ)
• Slovene: kazíti
• Spanish: arruinar, dañar, perjudicar
• Swedish: fördärva, svärta ner
• Ukrainian: псува́ти (psuváty), шко́дити (škódyty), руйнува́ти (rujnuváty)

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. A blemish.
   • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 68:

     For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.

Derived terms

• marless

Etymology 2

See mere. Doublet of mare and mere.

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. A small lake.

Etymology 3

See mayor.

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

References

• mar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/

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Adverb

mar

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

mar

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mar

1. but

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

1. sea

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/, [ˈmaɾ]

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

1. sea (body of water)

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. sea

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan mar, from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Homophones: ma, mà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mars)

1. sea

Derived terms

• baixamar
• marejar
• marejol
• plenamar

 

Related terms

• maresme
• marí
• marítim

 

References

• “mar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “mar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mar (“sea”).

Noun

mar

1. sea

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr/, [ˈmɑr]
• Rhymes: -ɑr
• Syllabification^(key): mar

Interjection

mar

1. Alternative form of maar.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mar, from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

1. sea
2. swell

   Hoxe non saímos que hai moito mar ― Today we are not going, there is too much swell

3. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity

   Synonyms: monte, mundo, chea

Derived terms

• beiramar
• mareante
• marear

 

Related terms

• marea
• mariña
• Mariña
• mariñeiro
• mariño
• marisco
• marisma

 

References

• “mar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu már.

Noun

mar

1. sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒr]

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• Rhymes: -ɒr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *mura-, (*murɜ) (“bit, crumb; crumble, crack”).

Verb

mar

2. (transitive, intransitive) to bite (of animals; used either with -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt or with -ba/-be)

   Synonyms: harap, tép

3. (transitive, intransitive) to bite, to burn (of acid)

   Synonym: roncsol

Conjugation

conjugation of mar

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	marok	marsz	mar	marunk	martok	marnak
		Def.	marom	marod	marja	marjuk	marjátok	marják
		2nd-p. o.	marlak	―
	Past	Indef.	martam	martál	mart	martunk	martatok	martak
		Def.	martam	martad	marta	martuk	martátok	marták
		2nd-p. o.	martalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	marnék	marnál	marna	marnánk	marnátok	marnának
		Def.	marnám	marnád	marná	marnánk (or marnók)	marnátok	marnák
		2nd-p. o.	marnálak	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	marjak	marj or marjál	marjon	marjunk	marjatok	marjanak
		Def.	marjam	mard or marjad	marja	marjuk	marjátok	marják
		2nd-p. o.	marjalak	―
Infinitive	marni		marnom	marnod	marnia	marnunk	marnotok	marniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			marás	maró	mart	marandó	marva	marhat

Derived terms

• marakodik
• marat
• marás
• mardos
• maró

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• belemar
• elmar
• felmar
• kimar
• lemar
• megmar
• összemar
• szétmar

Expressions

• aki kapja, marja

 

Etymology 2

Noun

mar (uncountable)

2. withers (the protruding part of a four-legged animal between the neck and the backbone)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mar	—
accusative	mart	—
dative	marnak	—
instrumental	marral	—
causal-final	marért	—
translative	marrá	—
terminative	marig	—
essive-formal	marként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	marban	—
superessive	maron	—
adessive	marnál	—
illative	marba	—
sublative	marra	—
allative	marhoz	—
elative	marból	—
delative	marról	—
ablative	martól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	maré	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	maréi	—

Possessive forms of mar
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	marom	—
2nd person sing.	marod	—
3rd person sing.	marja	—
1st person plural	marunk	—
2nd person plural	marotok	—
3rd person plural	marjuk	—

Derived terms

• marmagasság

Further reading

• (to bite): mar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (withers): mar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/

Adjective

mar

1. expensive

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr/

  Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marar or marir)

1. (poetic) horse

Declension

declension of mar

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn	marar	mararnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mara	marana
dative	mari / mar	marinum / marnum	mörum	mörunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

or

declension of mar

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn	marir	marirnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mari	marina
dative	mari / mar	marinum / marnum	mörum	mörunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *mari.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular marar)

1. (poetic) the sea

Declension

declension of mar

m-s3	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn
accusative	mar	marinn
dative	mari / mar	marinum / marnum
genitive	marar	mararins

Etymology 3

First attested at the end of the 18th century. Related to merja (“to crush, bruise”).

Noun

mar n (genitive singular mars, no plural)

1. bruise, contusion

Declension

declension of mar

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marið
accusative	mar	marið
dative	mari	marinu
genitive	mars	marsins

References

• “mar” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Interlingua

Noun

mar (plural mares)

1. sea

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish immar.

Conjunction

mar

1. because

   Synonyms: óir, toisc go, arae, de bhrí go

2. as

   fan mar atá tú

   stay as you are

Derived terms

• cad é mar
• mar ea
• mar go
• mar gur
• mar nach
• mar nár

 

Preposition

mar (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. like
2. as

Synonyms

• amhail
• ar chuma
• ar nós
• cosúil le
• dála
• fearacht

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Irish i mbaile (“where”) from Old Irish baile (“place”), probably contaminated by mar (“as, like”) or with dissimilation in forms like early modern a mbail a bhfuil, cognate with Scottish Gaelic far (“where”), compare Old Irish fail (“where”).

Adverb

mar

1. where (relative, not interrogative, followed by indirect relative)

   fan mar a bhfuil tú

   stay where you are

References

• R. A. Breatnach (1973), “The relative adverb mar a”, in Celtica, volume 10, pages 167–170
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “? 1 bail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: màr

Noun

mar m (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of mare (“sea”) (used in poetry and in names of some seas)

Derived terms

• Mar Adriatico
• Mar Arabico
• Mar Baltico
• Mar Bianco
• Mar Caspio (“Caspian Sea”)
• Mar Celtico
• Mar Cinese occidentale
• Mar Cinese orientale
• Mar d'Azov
• Mar d'Irlanda
• Mar dei Caraibi
• Mar dei Chukchi
• Mar dei Coralli
• Mar dei Sargassi
• Mar del Giappone
• Mar del Nord
• Mar della Siberia Orientale
• Mar delle Filippine
• Mar delle Molucche
• Mar delle Salomone
• Mar di Andamane
• Mar di Arafura
• Mar di Banda
• Mar di Barents
• Mar di Beaufort
• Mar di Bering
• Mar di Celebes
• Mar di Ceram
• Mar di Flores
• Mar di Galilea
• Mar di Giava
• Mar di Groenlandia
• Mar di Kara
• Mar di Laptev
• Mar di Marmara
• Mar di Mindanao
• Mar di Norvegia
• Mar di Ohotsk
• Mar di Ross
• Mar di Sardegna
• Mar di Sibuyan
• Mar di Sicilia
• Mar di Sulu
• Mar di Tasmania
• Mar di Timor
• Mar di Weddell
• Mar Egeo
• Mar Giallo (“Yellow Sea”)
• Mar Glaciale Artico
• Mar Ionio (“Ionian Sea”)
• Mar Ligure
• Mar Mediterraneo (“Mediterranean Sea”)
• Mar Morto (“Dead Sea”)
• Mar Nero
• Mar Rosso (“Red Sea”)
• Mar Tirreno

 

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mar.

Noun

mar

1. sea
2. ocean

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian mare, from Latin.

Noun

mar

1. sea

Maltese

Root
m-w-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَرَّ‎ (marra, “to pass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Verb

mar (imperfect jmur, verbal noun mawrien)

1. to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of mar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	mort	mort	mar		morna	mortu	marru
	f			marret
imperfect	m	mmur	tmur	jmur		mmorru	tmorru	jmorru
	f			tmur
imperative			mur				morru

• Note: Predominantly conjugated like a hollow root, but the original gemination surfaces prevocalically, i.e. in the plural imperfect as well as the third-person feminine and plural of the perfect.

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [mʲɑrˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /mʲærˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {mar}

Noun

mar

1. a bush
2. a shrub
3. a boondock
4. a thicket

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman

Alternative forms

• mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
• mathe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. (Sark) pool

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mar m

1. snake
2. marriage

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. sea (large body of water)

Derived terms

• liri de mar

Old French

Adjective

mar m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

1. Alternative form of mare

Adverb

mar

1. Alternative form of mare

Old Norse

Noun

mar

1. accusative/dative singular of marr

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

Noun

mar m

1. sea
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

Descendants

• Galician: mar m
• Portuguese: mar m (see there for further descendants)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: mar

Noun

mar f

1. genitive plural of mara

Portuguese

mar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Portuguese mar (“sea”), from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ/ [ˈmah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ/ [ˈmah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ/ [ˈmaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

• (Caipira Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ
• Homophone: mal (Caipira Brazil)
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

1. sea
2. (planetology) mare

   Synonym: mare

3. (figurative) a multitude; a great amount or number of things

   um mar de possibilidades ― a multitude of possibilities

Derived terms

• amarar
• gaivotas em terra, tempestade no mar
• Mar Adriático
• mar alto
• Mar Aral
• Mar Báltico
• Mar Branco
• Mar Cáspio
• mar chão
• Mar das Caraíbas
• Mar de Azov
• mar de rosas
• Mar do Japão
• Mar do Norte
• Mar dos Sargaços
• Mar Egeu
• Mar Mediterrâneo
• Mar Morto
• Mar Negro
• Mar Tirreno
• Mar Vermelho
• volta de mar

 

Related terms

• maré
• mareiro
• maresia
• marina
• marinha
• marinheiro
• marinho
• marítimo
• marujo

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: mar
• Kabuverdianu: már

Etymology 2

Adverb

mar

1. Eye dialect spelling of mal, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• mer (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sea

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

1. (Vallader) sea

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (Lewis) man

Etymology

From Old Irish immar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾ/

Preposition

mar

1. as
2. like

Usage notes

• Lenites the following word.

Derived terms

• ciamar
• mar eadh
• mar eisimpleir
• mar seo
• mar sin

 

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *marъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâːr/

Noun

mȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̑р)

1. (rare) diligence
2. (rare) eagerness, zeal

Declension

Declension of mar

	singular	plural
nominative	mar	marovi
genitive	mara	marova
dative	maru	marovima
accusative	mar	marove
vocative	mare	marovi
locative	maru	marovima
instrumental	marom	marovima

See also

• marljivost
• marljiv

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *mar-/*mir-/*mur-.

Verb

mar

1. to pass, to proceed

References

• “mar” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/ [ˈmaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

1. sea
   • 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “En la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]”, in Songbook vol. 2‎^[3] (CD), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by Cécile Corbel:

     En la mar hay una torre
     En la torre una ventana
     En la ventana hay una hija
     Que a los marineros ama.

     In the middle of the sea there's a tower
     In the tower there's window
     At the window there's a maiden
     Who loves the sailors.

2. seaside
3. (selenology) lunar mare
4. (la mar) loads
5. (la mar de) really; hella

Usage notes

Mar is usually treated as a masculine noun in formal prose and as a feminine noun by sailors or in poetry.

Hyponyms

• See also Category:es:Seas.

Derived terms

• agua de mar
• aguamar
• alta mar
• anémona de mar
• araña de mar
• arar en el mar
• bellota de mar
• brazo de mar
• buey de mar
• caballito de mar
• carajo de mar
• cohombro de mar
• echar agua al mar
• erizo de mar
• estrella de mar
• galleta de mar
• hacerse a la mar
• la mar
• lirio de mar
• llover a mares
• mar adentro
• mar de fondo
• mar marginal
• mar territorial
• me cago en la mar
• nivel del mar
• oreja de mar
• orilla del mar
• pato de mar
• pepino de mar
• sudar a mares
• ultramar

 

Related terms

• marea
• marear
• maremoto
• mareo
• marina
• marino
• marisco
• marisma
• marítimo

 

Descendants

• Aymara: lamara
• Classical Nahuatl: láma̱r
• Papiamentu: lama, laman

Further reading

• “mar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

mar

1. Romanization of 𒈥 (mar)

Swedish

Noun

mar

1. March; Abbreviation of mars.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Anagrams

• arm, ram

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

mar

1. (western dialect) a person's shadow

Synonyms

• mari (eastern dialect)

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Italian mare.

Noun

mar m (plural mari)

1. sea

West Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

mar

1. only, solely

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Conjunction

mar

1. but

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

mar c (plural marren)

1. but

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian mere, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.

Noun

mar c (plural marren, diminutive marke)

1. lake

Further reading

• “mar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wolof

Noun

mar

1. thirst

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾdɪ/

Noun

mar

1. star

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• mor

Etymology

Related to Persian مار‎ (mâr)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑɾ]
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m

1. (zoology) snake

mar f

1. (family) mother (specification)