marque

See also: marqué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark. Ultimately cognate with marquee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: mark, Mark

Noun

marque (plural marques)

2. A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.

   Synonym: make

   Hypernym: brand

   Coordinate term: model

   • 2001 January 31, Nicholas Bannister, “BMW's unofficial input into new MGs”, in The Guardian‎:

     The group wants Rover as its luxury marque and MG as the performance car.

   • 2020 December 3, Brett Berk, “The S.U.V.-ification of Everything Comes to Classic British Marques”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     And there seems to be an intrinsic disconnect between a high-end marque and the utilitarian nature of an S.U.V.

4. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals or privateering; the document recording this license.

   Synonyms: letter of marque, letter of marque and reprisal

6. A ship commissioned for making captures.

   Synonym: letter of marque

Derived terms

• countermarque
• letter of marque and reprisal

Translations

brand of a manufactured product

Finnish: merkki (fi) French: marque (fr) f German: Marke (de) f Vietnamese: nhãn hiệu (vi), mác (vi)

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle French marquer

Middle French marque

French marque

From Middle French marque (15th c.), deverbal from marquer, which see for more. Related with marc (“a weight”), mark (“a currency”), marche (“frontier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʁk
• Homophones: Marc, mark, marks, marques (general), marc, marcs (one pronunciation)

Noun

marque f (plural marques)

1. mark (spot)
2. brand (of a company)
3. mark (on one's body, e.g. a birthmark)

Derived terms

• à vos marques, prêts, partez
• hôte de marque
• image de marque
• marque commerciale
• marque de fabrique
• marque déposée
• marque-page
• marquer
• nom de marque
• ouvrir la marque
• prendre ses marques
• trouver ses marques

Descendants

• → English: marque
• → Persian: مارک (mârk)
• → German: Marke
  • → Kashubian: merk
  • → Yiddish: מאַרקע (marke)

See also

• signe

Verb

marque

1. inflection of marquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

marque

1. inflection of marcar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

marque

1. inflection of marcar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾke/ [ˈmaɾ.ke]
• Rhymes: -aɾke
• Syllabification: mar‧que

Verb

marque

1. inflection of marcar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative