marque

See also: marqué

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marque.

Pronunciation

• 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).
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

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką. Or from marquer, from Frankish.

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

• marque-page
• marquer

See also

• signe

Verb

marque

1. first-person singular present indicative of marquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of marquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of marquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of marquer
5. second-person singular imperative of marquer

Further reading

• “marque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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): /ˈmarke/

Verb

marque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of marcar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of marcar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of marcar.