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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).
Noun
marc (usually uncountable, plural marcs)
- The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
- An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298:There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60:The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
marc (plural marcs)
- (historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark: various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies.
References
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.
Pronunciation
Noun
marc m (plural marcs)
- frame
- (figurative) framework, setting
Us aconsellarem per obtenir el resultat més favorable en el marc de la legalitat vigent.- We will advise you so as to obtain the most favourable result in the existing legal framework.
- (historical) marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
- (historical) mark, any of various other half-pound units of mass
- (historical) mark, a former German currency
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
Deverbal of marcher (“to trample, walk over”)
Pronunciation
Noun
marc m (plural marcs)
- pomace, marc
- grounds (e.g. from coffee)
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
- (archaic) horse
- Synonyms: capall, each, (literary) peall
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”).
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)
- target, goal
- mark (stroke, tick, marking)
Declension
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Late Latin marca. Doublet of marg.
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
- (money) mark; shilling
Declension
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| marc
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mharc
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German marz
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmart͡s/
- Syllabification: marz
Noun
marc
- March (month)
- Synonym: strëmiannik
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “marzec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mark, mǫrk.
Pronunciation
Noun
marc n (nominative plural marc)
- mark (as currency etc.)
Declension
Declension of marc (strong a-stem)
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin marcus, itself borrowed from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, border”).
Noun
marc oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)
- mark (small distinguishing feature)
- mark (unit of currency)
Descendants
References
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and beyond Celtic with Old English mearh (“horse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)
- horse
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851
marc .i. each- horse, that is, "horse"
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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marc
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marcL
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maircL
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| Vocative
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mairc
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marcL
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marcuH
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| Accusative
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marcN
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marcL
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marcuH
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| Genitive
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maircL
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marc
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marcN
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| Dative
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marcL
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marcaib
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marcaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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Lenition |
Nasalization
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marc
also mmarc after a proclitic
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marc
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French marc.
Noun
marc n (uncountable)
- pomace, marc
Declension
declension of marc (singular only)
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singular
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| n gender
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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| nominative/accusative
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(un) marc
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marcul
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| genitive/dative
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(unui) marc
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marcului
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| vocative
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marcule
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)
- (literary) horse
- Synonym: each
- steed
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| marc |
mharc
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
marc
- Nasal mutation of barc.
Mutation