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Marc
Marc
Old French
Alternative forms
- Marke (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Proper noun
Marc m (nominative singular Mars)
- A male given name, cognate to English Mark
marc
marc
English
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 2008, p. 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 1992, p. 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.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 298:
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
marc (plural marcs)
- (obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
- (obsolete) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
- (obsolete) A German coin and money of account; the mark.
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠaɾˠk/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
- (archaic) horse
Declension
First declension
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Synonyms
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Etymology 2
Borrowing from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”).
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)
Declension
First declension
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Etymology 3
Borrowing from Late Latin marca.
Noun
marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
Declension
First declension
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Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marc | mharc | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mark, mǫrk.
Noun
marc n
- mark (as currency etc.)
Declension
Old French
Etymology
From Old Frankish *mark, *marka, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, border”).
Noun
marc m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)
- mark (small distinguishing feature)
- mark (unit of currency)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
- Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver
- Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (merc)
- merche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mark/
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"
- marc .i. each
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851
Inflection
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| marc also mmarc after a proclitic |
marc pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
marc also mmarc after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “marc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.