marque

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

Etymology

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)

• 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)

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.

Verb

marque

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

Verb

marque

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

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