marque
See also: marqué
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
- Homophones: mark, Mark
Noun
marque (plural marques)
- A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
- 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 0362-4331:
- And there seems to be an intrinsic disconnect between a high-end marque and the utilitarian nature of an S.U.V.
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- A ship commissioned for making captures.
Translations
brand of a manufactured product
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French
Etymology
From Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką. Or from marquer, from Frankish *markōn, from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁk/
Audio (file)
Noun
marque f (plural marques)
- mark (spot)
- brand (of a company)
- mark (on one's body, e.g. a birthmark)
Derived terms
- à vos marques, prêts, partez
- hôte de marque
- image de marque
- marque commerciale
- marque de fabrique
- marque déposée
- marque-page
- marquer
- nom de marque
- ouvrir la marque
- prendre ses marques
- trouver ses marques
Descendants
- → English: marque
- → German: Marke
- → Yiddish: מאַרקע (marke)
See also
- signe
Verb
marque
- inflection of marquer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “marque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Verb
marque
- inflection of marcar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɾke/ [ˈmaɾ.ke]
- Rhymes: -aɾke
- Syllabification: mar‧que
Verb
marque
- inflection of marcar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative