marc

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

English

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)

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.

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)

1. (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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -aɾk

Noun

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

• emmarcar

Further reading

• “marc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “marc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “marc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “marc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

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)

1. pomace, marc
2. 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)

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

Derived terms

• au marc le franc

Further reading

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