marc

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See also: marc', març, Març, Marc, and márc.

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).

Noun

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marc (usually uncountable, plural marcs)

  1. The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
  2. 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.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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marc (plural marcs)

  1. (historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”)

References

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc m (plural marcs)

  1. frame
  2. (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.
  3. (historical) marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
  4. (historical) mark, any of various other half-pound units of mass
  5. (historical) mark, a former German currency

Derived terms

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Further reading

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French marc (14th c.), deverbal from marcher (“to trample, walk over”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc m (plural marcs)

  1. pomace, marc
  2. grounds (e.g. from coffee)
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Etymology 2

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From Old French marc (12th c.), from Frankish *mark. Doublet of mark. Also related with marque and marche (“frontier”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc m (plural marcs)

  1. (history) a weight, especially of gold and silver, equivalent to ca. 245 grams
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Further reading

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).

Noun

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marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)

  1. (archaic) horse
    Synonyms: capall, each, (literary) peall
Declension
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Declension of marc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative marc mairc
vocative a mhairc a mharca
genitive mairc marc
dative marc mairc
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an marc na mairc
genitive an mhairc na marc
dative leis an marc
don mharc 		leis na mairc
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”).

Noun

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marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)

  1. target, goal
  2. mark (stroke, tick, marking)
Declension
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Declension of marc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative marc marcanna
vocative a mhairc a mharcanna
genitive mairc marcanna
dative marc marcanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an marc na marcanna
genitive an mhairc na marcanna
dative leis an marc
don mharc 		leis na marcanna

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Late Latin marca. Doublet of marg.

Noun

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marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)

  1. (money) mark; shilling
Declension
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Declension of marc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative marc mairc
vocative a mhairc a mharca
genitive mairc marc
dative marc mairc
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an marc na mairc
genitive an mhairc na marc
dative leis an marc
don mharc 		leis na mairc
Synonyms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of marc
radical lenition eclipsis
marc mharc not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German marz

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc

  1. March (month)
    Synonym: strëmiannik

See also

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Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “marzec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mark, mǫrk.

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Noun

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marc n (nominative plural marc)

  1. mark (as currency etc.)

Declension

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Declension of marc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative marc marc
accusative marc marc
genitive marces marca
dative marce marcum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: mark
  • → Irish: marg

Old French

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin marcus, itself borrowed from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, border”).

Noun

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marc oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)

  1. mark (small distinguishing feature)
  2. mark (unit of currency)

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References

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and beyond Celtic with Old English mearh (“horse”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)

  1. horse
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851
      marc .i. each
      horse, that is, "horse"

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative marc marcL maircL
Vocative mairc marcL marcuH
Accusative marcN marcL marcuH
Genitive maircL marc marcN
Dative marcL marcaib marcaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of marc
radical lenition nasalization
marc
also mmarc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		marc
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French marc.

Noun

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marc n (uncountable)

  1. pomace, marc

Declension

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declension of marc (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) marc marcul
genitive/dative (unui) marc marcului
vocative marcule

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)

  1. (literary) horse
    Synonym: each
  2. steed

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of marc
radical lenition
marc mharc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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marc

  1. Nasal mutation of barc.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of barc
radical soft nasal aspirate
barc farc marc unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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