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Translingual

Symbol

mar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Marathi.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (to disturb, hinder), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin), Dutch marren (to push along, delay, hinder), dialectal German merren (to entangle), Icelandic merja (to bruise, crush), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, to annoy, bother, disturb, offend), Lithuanian miršti (to forget, lose, become oblivious, die), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, to forget, fail), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, forget, neglect).

Alternative forms

Verb

mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

  1. (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
    • 1551, William Turner, “Prologe”, in A new Herball, etc., folio Aiiii:
      [] and putteth ether many a good mā by ignorance in ieopardy of his life, or marreth good medicines to the great diſhoneſtie both of the Phiſician and of Goddes worthy creatures, the herbes and medecines:
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
      Prospero: [] huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, →OCLC:
      Ire, envy, and despair / Marred all his borrowed visage, and betrayed / Him counterfeit.
    • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC, book I, page 218:
      Mother, tho' wiſe your ſelf, my Counſel weigh; / 'Tis much unſafe my Sire to disobey; / Not only you provoke him to your Coſt, / But Mirth is marr'd, and the good Chear is loſt.
    • 1826, Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Printed from the Most Correct Copies of the Present Authorized Translation, including the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes. Designed as a Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings, Royal Octavo Stereotype edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: Published by N. Bangs and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 13, Crosby-Street, Jeremiah 18:3–4, page 53:
      [] I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
    • 1856, Jabez Burns, “The Heralds of Mercy”, in Cyclopedia of Sermons: Containing Sketches of Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Christ, on Christian Missions, on Scripture Characters and Incidents; on Subjects Appropriate for the Sick Room, Family Reading and Village Worship and some Special Occasions, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, →OCLC, page 253:
      Sin defiles the soul; it mars its beauty, impairs its health and vigor. It perverts its powers, and deranges all its dignified energies and attributes.
    • 2000, Vanessa Gunther, “The Indian Giver”, in Gordon Morris Bakken, editor, Law in the Western United States (Legal History of North America; 6), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 271:
      The Court's ability to reinterpret the words in the treaty that do not appeal to it mars its logic, and demeans other words there, most significantly the solemnity of the United States oath.
    • 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr., Frank N. Jones, S. Peter Pappas, Douglas A. Wicks, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, pages 85 and 210:
      [page 85] Mar resistance is related to abrasion resistance, but there is an important difference. Abrasion may go deeply into the coating, whereas marring is usually a near-surface phenomenon; mars less than 0.5 μm deep can degrade appearance. [] [page 210] Eventually, sufficient resin can accumulate to drip down on products going through the ovens, marring their finish.
    • 2018 July 10, “Cave rescue: Final push under way in Thailand”, in bbc.com, BBC, retrieved 2018-07-10:
      They extracted a ninth boy on Tuesday, the Thai Navy said, with reports suggesting two more. If confirmed, one child and an adult remain to be rescued, bringing to a close an epic operation marred by one diver's death.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

mar (plural mars)

  1. A blemish.
    • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 68:
      For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See mere. Doublet of mare and mere.

(1175) « shallow and stagnating little body of water » from old norrois marr see, lake »), similar to old Saxon meri, from ancient German meri, German Meer, Anglo-Saxon mere swamp ; lake »).

Noun

mar (plural mars)

  1. A small lake.

Etymology 3

See mayor.

Noun

mar (plural mars)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Adverb

mar

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

mar

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mar

  1. but

References

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aragonese

Aragonese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia an

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mare

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

  1. sea

References

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

  1. sea (body of water)

Bourguignon

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

  1. sea

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mar, from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

Noun

mar m or f (plural mars)

  1. sea

Derived terms

References

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mar (sea).

Noun

mar

  1. sea

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑr/, [ˈmɑ̝r]
  • Rhymes: -ɑr
  • Hyphenation(key): mar

Interjection

mar

  1. Alternative form of maar.

Further reading

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar, from Latin mare. Compare Portuguese mar.

Pronunciation

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. swell
    Hoxe non saímos que hai moito marToday we are not going, there is too much swell
  3. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity
    Synonyms: monte, mundo, chea

Derived terms

References

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese mar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu már.

Noun

mar

  1. sea

Hungarian

Iban

Icelandic

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Kabuverdianu

Ladino

Lombard

Maltese

Marshallese

Norman

Northern Kurdish

Occitan

Old French

Old Galician-Portuguese

Old Norse

Old Spanish

Polish

Portuguese

Romansch

Satawalese

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian

Somali

Spanish

Sumerian

Swedish

Tat

Torres Strait Creole

Venetan

West Frisian

Wolof

Zaghawa

Zazaki

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