marche

marche

See also: Marche and marché

Asturian

Verb

marche

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of marchar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁʃ/

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Noun

marche f (plural marches)

1. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
2. march (song in the genre of music written for marching)
3. walk (distance walked)
4. movement (of a vehicle)
5. functioning
6. step (step of a stair)
7. marches (region near a border)

Derived terms

• en marche
• fermer la marche
• marche arrière
• marche à suivre
• marche de la mort
• marche forcée
• marche nordique
• mettre en marche
• ouvrir la marche

 

Related terms

• marcher

Descendants

• Esperanto: marŝo
• → German: Marsch
  • → Polish: marsz
• → Turkish: marş

Verb

marche

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

Further reading

• “marche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• charme, charmé, mâcher

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ke/
• Rhymes: -arke
• Hyphenation: màr‧che

Noun

marche f pl

1. plural of marca

Anagrams

• charme

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Middle English

Noun

marche

1. Alternative form of merche

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• marce

Etymology

From Old French marche, see below.

Noun

marche f (plural marches)

1. limit; boundary

Descendants

• French: marche
• → Middle English: marche
  • English: march

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (marche, supplement)

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Norman

Verb

marche

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• marchee, march, marce, merche

Etymology

Either directly from Frankish *marku or through Latin marca, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”).

Noun

marche f (oblique plural marches, nominative singular marche, nominative plural marches)

1. limit; boundary

Descendants

• Middle French: marche, marce
  • French: marche
  • → Middle English: marche
    • English: march

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (marche, supplement)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mar‧che

Verb

marche

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾt͡ʃe/ [ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -aɾtʃe
• Syllabification: mar‧che

Verb

marche

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