mars

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

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Verb

mars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

Noun

mars

1. plural of mar

Anagrams

• M.R.A.S., S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, ASMR, MSAR, Rams, RAMs, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, arms, ARMs, SRAM, rams

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin martius (“March”).

Noun

mars m (definite marsi)

1. March

   Synonym: (archaic) lagaterë

Alternative forms

• march

Etymology

From English March.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/

Noun

mars (Bengali script মার্স)

1. March

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Etymology

From Persian مارس (mârs).

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Noun

mars (definite accusative marsı, plural marslar)

1. (backgammon) gammon (a game in which one player removes all his checkers before his opponent can remove any, and counted as a double win)

   Marsdan qaçan oyunu aparar!

   One who [manages to] escape the gammon will win the game!

Noun

mars

1. plural of mar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/

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• Hyphenation: mars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

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Noun

mars m

1. March (month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: fo:Months)}

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German marsch!, French marche!, or alternatively and less likely, an irregular imperative form of marssia (compare seis < seistä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Hyphenation^(key): mars

Interjection

mars!

1. march! (military command)

Further reading

• “mars”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mars, from Latin (mensis) mārtius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁs/

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• Rhymes: -aʁs

Noun

mars m (plural mars)

1. March (month)

Further reading

• “mars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar̥s/

  Rhymes: -ar̥s

  Homophone: Mars

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mārtiī, genitive singular of mārtius (“relating to Mars”), from Mārs (“Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish march (“march”), from French marche (“walk, march”), of Frankish origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“boundary, edge”).

Etymology

From Dutch mars, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“area, region, edge, rim, border”), akin to Persian مرز (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmars]
• Hyphenation: mars

Noun

mars (plural)

1. march:
   1. a formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
   2. any song in the genre of music written for marching.

Further reading

• “mars” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

From French mars.

Noun

mars

1. March

Etymology

From Mars, borrowed from Latin Mars. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

Noun

mars (uncountable)

1. (rare) The blackish, magnetic metal susceptible to rust; iron.
   • 1475, The Book of Quintessence:

     In þat wiyn or watir ȝe quenche mars manye tymes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/, [mɑʂ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʂ

Noun

mars m (indeclinable)

1. March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months)}

References

• “mars” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʂː/ (some dialects)

Noun

mars m (indeclinable)

1. March (third month)

References

• “mars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Latin mārtius.

Etymology 2

see marc

Noun

mars

1. genitive singular of marr

Alternative forms

• marz (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“of March”).

Proper noun

mars m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) March

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʂː/

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Noun

mars c

1. March (month)

Anagrams

• arms, rams

Etymology

From mare +‎ -s, from the 2010s. Popularized by the talk show of the same name.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾs/ [ˈmaɹs]
• Rhymes: -aɾs
• Syllabification: mars

Noun

mars (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. (slang) Alternative form of mare

See also

• bes
• pards