marc

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹk/
Rhymes: -ɑːk
Homophones: mark, Mark, marque

Etymology 1

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

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, 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.

Translations

refuse matter

Bulgarian: джибри n (džibri)
Catalan: brisa (ca) f
French: marc (fr) m
German: Trester (de) m
Italian: sansa f, vinaccia (it) f
Ottoman Turkish: جبره (cibre)
Spanish: hollejo (es) m
Turkish: cibre (tr)

Etymology 2

Noun

marc (plural marcs)

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

References

“marc”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Cram, MRCA, cram, macr-, mrca

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmark]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaɾk]
Rhymes: -aɾk

Noun

marc m (plural marcs)

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

Derived terms

emmarcar

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ/
Homophones: marcs, marre, marrent, marres (general), mare, mares (one pronunciation)

Noun

marc m (plural marcs)

pomace, marc
grounds (e.g. from coffee)

Derived terms

marc de café

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ/, /maʁk/
Homophones: marcs (general), mare, mares, marre, marrent, marres (form 1), Marc, mark, marks, marque, marques (form 2)

Noun

marc m (plural marcs)

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

Derived terms

au marc le franc

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɑɾˠk/^[1]
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠaɾˠk/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)

(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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Related terms

láir

Etymology 2

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

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)

target, goal
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

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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Late Latin marca. Doublet of marg.

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)

(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

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Synonyms

marg

Mutation

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Mutated forms of *marc*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
marc	mharc	not applicable

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References

[1]
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German marz

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmart͡s/
Rhymes: -art͡s
Syllabification: marc

Noun

marc

March (month)
Synonym: strëmiannik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑrk/, [mɑrˠk]

Noun

marc n (nominative plural marc)

mark (as currency etc.)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	marc	marc
accusative	marc	marc
genitive	marces	marca
dative	marce	marcum

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Descendants

Middle English: mark
- English: mark
- Scots: mark, merk
→ Irish: marg

Etymology

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

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

mark (small distinguishing feature)
mark (unit of currency)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut
  Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver

Descendants

Middle French: marc
- French: marc

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (merc)
merche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Etymology

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

Inflection

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

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Synonyms

ech

Derived terms

Descendants

Irish: marc
Scottish Gaelic: marc

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from French marc.

Noun

marc n (uncountable)

pomace, marc

Declension

More information singular only, indefinite ...

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	marc	marcul
genitive-dative	marc	marcului
vocative	marcule

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /marxk/

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)

(literary) horse
Synonym: each
steed

Derived terms

marcachd

Mutation

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Mutation of *marc*
radical	lenition
marc	mharc

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Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ark

Noun

marc

Nasal mutation of barc.

Mutation

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

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[1] [1]
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

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