marque

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See also: marqué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark.

Pronunciation

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:
      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, →ISSN:
      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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką. Or from marquer, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną.

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • → English: marque
  • → German: Marke

See also

Verb

marque

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

Further reading

Galician

Verb

marque

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

Portuguese

Verb

marque

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾke/
  • Rhymes: -aɾke
  • Syllabification: mar‧que

Verb

marque

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