marque
See also: marqué
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark. Ultimately cognate with marquee.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
- Homophones: mark, Mark
Noun
editmarque (plural marques)
- A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.
- 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 license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals or privateering; the document recording this license.
- Synonyms: letter of marque, letter of marque and reprisal
- A ship commissioned for making captures.
- Synonym: letter of marque
Derived terms
editTranslations
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French marque (15th c.), deverbal from marquer, which see for more. Related with marc (“a weight”), mark (“a currency”), marche (“frontier”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /maʁk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aʁk
- Homophones: Marc, mark, marks, marques (general), marc, marcs (one pronunciation)
Noun
editmarque f (plural marques)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editVerb
editmarque
- inflection of marquer:
Further reading
edit- “marque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editVerb
editmarque
- inflection of marcar:
Portuguese
editVerb
editmarque
- inflection of marcar:
Spanish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmarque
- inflection of marcar:
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