marque

See also: marqué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: mark, Mark

Noun

marque (plural marques)

1. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
2. A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
   • 2001 January 31, Nicholas Bannister, “BMW's unofficial input into new MGs”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The group wants Rover as its luxury marque and MG as the performance car.

   • 2020 December 3, Brett Berk, “The S.U.V.-ification of Everything Comes to Classic British Marques”, in The New York Times‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     And there seems to be an intrinsic disconnect between a high-end marque and the utilitarian nature of an S.U.V.

3. A ship commissioned for making captures.

Translations

brand of a manufactured product

• Finnish: merkki (fi)
• French: marque (fr) f

• German: Marke (de) f
• Vietnamese: nhãn hiệu (vi), mác (vi)

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French

Etymology

From Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką. Or from marquer, from Frankish *markōn, from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁk/

• Audio

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Noun

marque f (plural marques)

1. mark (spot)
2. brand (of a company)
3. mark (on one's body, e.g. a birthmark)

Derived terms

• à vos marques, prêts, partez
• hôte de marque
• image de marque
• marque commerciale
• marque de fabrique
• marque déposée
• marque-page
• marquer
• nom de marque
• ouvrir la marque
• prendre ses marques
• trouver ses marques

 

Descendants

• → English: marque
• → German: Marke
  • → Yiddish: מאַרקע‎ (marke)

See also

• signe

Verb

marque

1. inflection of marquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “marque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Verb

marque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of marcar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of marcar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of marcar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of marcar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾke/, [ˈmaɾ.ke]

Verb

marque

1. inflection of marcar:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative