mar

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See also Mar, MAR, Mar., már, măr, and mår

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English merren from Old English mierran (“to destroy”). Akin to Old High German merren (“to hamper”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌹𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to offend”), Icelandic merja (“bruise, crush”), present: mer.

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mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

  1. To spoil, to damage.

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to spoil, to damage

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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  • (Catalonia) IPA: /mar/, /maɾ/; X-SAMPA: /mar/, /ma4/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • (Balearic Islands) IPA: /ma/, X-SAMPA: /ma/
  • Homophones: ma, mà
  • Hyphenation: mar

[edit] Noun

mar m. and f. (plural mars)

  1. sea

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[edit] Galician

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mar m. (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity

[edit] Hungarian

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From Proto-Uralic *murɜ (“piece, crumb; to cut in pieces, break up”).

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  • IPA: /ˈmɒr/

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mar

  1. to bite

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[edit] Irish

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From Old Irish immar.

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mar

  1. because
  2. as

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mar m.

  1. (form of mare used in poetry and in names of some seas) sea

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mar

  1. snake
  2. marriage

[edit] Occitan

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Latin mare.

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mar f. (plural mars)

  1. sea (large body of water)

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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  • (Portugal) IPA: /maɾ/
  • (Paulista) IPA: /maɹ/
  • (South Brazil, Caipira) IPA: /maɻ/
  • (Carioca) IPA: /maχ/

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mar m. (plural mares)

  1. sea

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[edit] Romansch

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From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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mar f. (plural mars)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sea

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mar m. (plural mars)

  1. (Vallader) sea

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[edit] Preposition

mar

  1. as
  2. like

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /mâːr/

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mȃr m. (Cyrillic spelling ма̑р)

  1. diligence
  2. eagerness, zeal

[edit] Declension

    declension of mar
singular plural
nominative mar marovi
genitive mara marova
dative maru marovima
accusative mar marove
vocative mare marovi
locative maru marovima
instrumental marom marovima

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmaɾ/, X-SAMPA: /ˈmar/
  • Hyphenation: mar

[edit] Noun

mar m. and f. (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. seaside

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[edit] Swedish

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mar

  1. March; Abbreviation of mars.

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Noun

mar

  1. (western dialect) a person's shadow

[edit] Synonyms

  • mari (eastern dialect)

[edit] Venetian

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Compare Italian mare

[edit] Noun

mar m. (plural mari)

  1. sea

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mar c.

  1. lake

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mar

  1. only, solely

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mar

  1. but
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