marque
See also: marqué
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
marque (plural marques)
- A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
- 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.
- A ship commissioned for making captures.
TranslationsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką. Or from marquer, from Frankish *markōn, from the noun.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
marque f (plural marques)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
marque
- inflection of marquer:
Further readingEdit
- “marque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
marque
- inflection of marcar:
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
marque
- inflection of marcar: