marc

See also març, Marc, and márc.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɑːk/

Etymology 1

From Middle French marc.

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.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 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.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• mark

Noun

marc (plural marcs)

1. (obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
2. (obsolete) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
3. (obsolete) A German coin and money of account; the mark.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• cram, mrca, MRCA

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”) (compare Welsh march, Breton marc'h).

Noun

marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)

1. (archaic) horse

Declension

Declension of marc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative marc mairc Vocative a mhairc a mharca Genitive mairc marc Dative marc mairc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an marc na mairc Genitive an mhairc na marc Dative leis an marc don mharc leis na mairc

Synonyms

• capall
• each

Related terms

• láir

Etymology 2

From English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”)

Noun

marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural marcanna)

1. target, goal
2. mark (stroke, tick, marking)

Declension

Declension of marc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative marc marcanna Vocative a mhairc a mharcanna Genitive mairc marcanna Dative marc marcanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an marc na marcanna Genitive an mhairc na marcanna Dative leis an marc don mharc leis na marcanna

Etymology 3

From Late Latin marca.

Noun

marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)

1. mark (money)
2. shilling

Declension

Declension of marc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative marc mairc Vocative a mhairc a mharca Genitive mairc marc Dative marc mairc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an marc na mairc Genitive an mhairc na marc Dative leis an marc don mharc leis na mairc

Synonyms

• marg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
marc	mharc	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mark, mǫrk.

Noun

marc n

1. mark (as currency &c.)

Declension

    Declension of marc (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	marc	marc
accusative	marc	marc
genitive	marces	marca
dative	marce	marcum

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Old French

Etymology

From Old Frankish *mark, *marka, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, border”).

Noun

marc m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)

1. mark (unit of currency)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut

     Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *marko- (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc'h; also Proto-Germanic *marha-, which gives Old English mearh (English mare), Old High German mare (German Mähre), Old Norse merr, marr (Swedish märr).

Noun

marc m

1. horse

Synonyms

• ech

Derived terms

• marcach
• marcas
• marclann
• marcradh

Descendants

• Irish: marc
• Scottish Gaelic: marc

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *marko- (“horse”).

Noun

marc m (genitive mairc, plural marcan)

1. (literary) horse
2. steed

Synonyms

• each

Related terms

• capall
• làir