march

See also March

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɑːtʃ/, SAMPA: /mA:tS/
• (US) enPR: märch, IPA: /mɑrtʃ/, SAMPA: /mArtS/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tʃ

Etymology 1

Middle English marchen from Middle French marcher (“to march, to walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc "mark, boundary"

Noun

march (plural marches)

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
2. A political rally or parade
3. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
4. Steady forward movement or progression.

   The march of time.

5. (obsolete) Smallage.

Synonyms

• (steady forward movement or progression): process
• (political rally): protest, parade, rally
• (steady forward movement): advancement, progression
• (smallage): smallage

Derived terms

Terms derived from march (noun)

Bonus March the Cape Town Peace March Carnival Road March column of march concert march cortical march countermarch dead march death march double march dyke march epileptic march flank march force-march forced march freedom march fore-march frog-march, frog march, frog's march funeral march gain a march on, get a march on Global Marijuana March Godless Americans March on Washington grand march Green March Horsemeat March hour of march

hunger march in a full march in march Jacksonian march the Jäger March Jarrow March Jarvis march July 1 Marches line of march the Long March make a march March Against Fear march battalion March for Life March for Sultan Abdul-Mejid March for Women's Lives march fracture march haemoglobinuria, march hemoglobinuria The March King March of Dimes march of intellect March of Maedhros march of mind March of Remembrance and Hope March of the Living March of the Soviet Tankmen The March of the Volunteers

march-on March on Rome March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom march-order march out march-past march-time march tumor, march tumour march to a different beat, march to a different drummer military march Millennium March Million Dads March Network Million Man March Million Marijuana March Million Mom March Million Worker March minute of march Mud March Notre Dame Victory March on a march on the march Orange march outmarch peace march People on the March

Persian March Pride march The Prince of Denmark's March processional march protest march quick march Radetzky March Rákóczi March recessional march recruitment marches rogue's march route march, route-march, routemarch Salt March to Dandi the Selma to Montgomery Marches Sherman's March to the Sea Slavonic March slow march snowball marches Starvation March steal a march upon a march Uygur March the Virgin Islands March Waters of March wedding march Women's March to Versailles

Related terms

• démarche
• volksmarch

Translations

formal, rhythmic way of walking

Arabic: مسيرة (ar) (masīra) f. Armenian: քայլերթ (hy) (k’aylert’) Catalan: marxa f. Chinese: Mandarin: 行進 (zh), 行进 (zh) (xíngjìn) Czech: pochod (cs) m. Danish: march (da) Dutch: mars (nl) Estonian: marss (et) Finnish: marssi (fi) French: marche (fr) f. German: Marsch (de) m. Hebrew: צעידה (he) (ts'idá) f. Icelandic: marsering (is) f. Italian: marcia (it) f.

Japanese: 行進 (ja) (こうしん, kōshin) Latvian: maršs m. Norwegian: marsj (no) m. Polish: marsz (pl) m. Portuguese: marcha (pt) f. Russian: марш (ru) (marš) m. Scots: mairch Scottish Gaelic: màrsail (gd) f. Slovak: pochod (sk) m. Slovene: marš (sl) m. Spanish: marcha (es) f. Swahili: machi (sw) Swedish: marsch (sv) c. Tagalog: martsa

political rally or parade

Armenian: երթ (hy) (ert’) Catalan: manifestació f. Czech: pochod (cs) m. Danish: march (da) Dutch: mars (nl) Estonian: marss (et) Finnish: marssi (fi) French: défilé (fr) m., manifestation (fr) f. German: Parade (de) f. Hebrew: מצעד (mits'ad) m., צעדה (tseadá) f. Icelandic: ganga (is) f., kröfuganga (is) f.

Italian: marcia (it) f. Norwegian: marsj (no) m. Polish: marsz (pl) m. Portuguese: passeata (pt) f., marcha (pt) f. Russian: марш (ru) (marš) m. Scots: mairch Scottish Gaelic: màrsail (gd) f. Slovak: pochod (sk) m. Spanish: marcha (es) f., manifestación (es) f. Swedish: marsch (sv) c., tåg (sv) n. Tagalog: martsa

song in the genre of music written for marching

Armenian: քայլերգ (hy) (k’aylerg) Catalan: marxa f. Chinese: Mandarin: 行進曲 (zh), 行进曲 (zh) (xíngjìnqū) Czech: pochod (cs) m. Danish: march (da) Dutch: mars (nl) Estonian: marss (et) Finnish: marssi (fi) French: marche (fr) f. German: Marsch (de) m., Marschmusik (de) f. Hebrew: מארש (he) (marsh) m. Icelandic: mars (is) m. Italian: marcia (it) f.

Japanese: 行進 (ja) (こうしん, kōshin) Latvian: maršs m. Norwegian: marsj (no) m. Polish: marsz (pl) m. Portuguese: marcha (pt) f. Russian: марш (ru) (marš) m. Scots: mairch Scottish Gaelic: màrsail (gd) f., caismeachd (gd) f. Slovak: pochod (sk) m. Slovene: marš (sl) m. Spanish: marcha (es) f. Swedish: marsch (sv) c. Tagalog: martsa

steady forward movement or progression

Catalan: pas m. Danish: gang (da), udvikling (da) Estonian: marss (et) Finnish: marssi (fi) German: Fortgang (de) m., Lauf (de) m. Icelandic: gangur (is) m. Italian: marcia (it) f. Norwegian: gang (no) m., forløp (no) m.

Polish: marsz (pl) m. Portuguese: marcha (pt) f. Russian: ход (χod) m., течение (tečénije) n. Scots: mairch Swahili: machi (sw) Swedish: fortgång (sv) c., framsteg (sv) n., framåtskridande (sv) n., utveckling (sv) c. Tagalog: martsa

smallage — see smallage

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Breton: kan-bale m., kanoù-bale pl. Bulgarian: марш (marš) m., маршируване (marširuvane) n. Lithuanian: maršas m. Neapolitan: ammarcia f. Old English: faru (1) Sanskrit: पदयात्रा (padayātrā)

Verb

march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)

1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
2. To go to war; to make military advances.

Derived terms

Terms derived from march (verb)

dismarch marcher marching march off march on

march to the beat of a different drum outmarch overmarch remarch

Translations

walk with long, regular strides

Arabic: سار (ar) (sāra) Catalan: marxar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 行軍 (zh), 行军 (zh) (xíngjūn), 行進 (zh), 行进 (zh) (xíngjìn) Czech: pochodovat (cs) Danish: marchere (da), udvikle sig (da) (figurative) Dutch: marcheren (nl) Estonian: marssima Finnish: marssia (fi) French: marcher (fr) German: marschieren (de) Hungarian: menetel (hu), masíroz (hu), vonul (hu) Icelandic: marsera (is) f. Italian: marciare (it)

Japanese: 行軍する (ja) (こうぐんする, kōgun-suru) Korean: 행군하다 (ko) (haenggun-hada) Norwegian: marsjere (no) m. Polish: maszerować (pl) Portuguese: marchar (pt) Romanian: mărșălui (ro), mărșui (ro) Russian: маршировать (ru) (marširovát') Scots: mairch Scottish Gaelic: dèan màrsail (gd) f. Serbian: koračati (sr) Slovak: pochodovať (sk) m. Slovene: korakati Spanish: marchar (es) Swedish: marschera (sv), tåga (sv)

go to war; make military advances

Catalan: marxar (ca) Czech: pochodovat (cs) Danish: marchere (da), rykke frem (da) Finnish: marssia (fi) German: in den Krieg ziehen Hungarian: hadba vonul (hu) Norwegian: rykke frem (no)

Portuguese: marchar (pt) Russian: маршировать (ru) (marširovát') Scots: mairch Scottish Gaelic: dèan màrsail (gd) f. Slovak: pochodovať (sk) m. Spanish: marchar (es)

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Breton: bale (1); bale war (2) Bulgarian: марширувам (marširuvam) Catalan: marxar Hebrew: צעד (he) (tsa'ád)

Lithuanian: žygiuoti (1,2), maršuoti (1) Romanian: marșa Tagalog: martsa

Etymology 2

From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border”), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier”), from Frankish *marka, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary”).

Noun

march (plural marches)

1. (now archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     Therefore, sir, be my counsayle, rere up your lyege peple and sende kynges and dewkes to loke unto your marchis, and that the mountaynes of Almayne be myghtyly kepte.

2. (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
3. The name for any of various territories in Europe having etymologically cognate names in their native languages.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, IV:

     Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona [...].

Synonyms

• (border region): frontier

Derived terms

• Lord Warden of the Marches
• marcher
• march-gat
• march-land
• march-man
• march parts, march-party
• March Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary
• march stone
• march-ward
• Welsh Marches

Related terms

• Marche
• marquee
• marquess
• marchion
• marchionat
• marchioness
• marquis
• marquisate
• stanmarch

Translations

obsolete: border region

Catalan: marca (ca) f. Czech: pomezí (cs) n., marka (cs) f. Dutch: grensmark (nl) Finnish: rajamaa (fi) German: Mark (de) f. Italian: marca (it) f.

Norwegian: grenseland (no) n. Polish: rubież f. Scottish Gaelic: crìoch (gd) f. Spanish: marca (es) f. Swedish: gränsland (sv) n.

region at a frontier governed by a marquess

Breton: marz m., marzoù pl. Catalan: marca (ca) f. Czech: pomezí (cs) n., marka (cs) f. Dutch: mark (nl) n. Estonian: mark (et)

Finnish: markiisikunta (fi) German: Mark (de) f. Scottish Gaelic: crìoch (gd) f. Spanish: marca (es) f. Swedish: mark (sv) c.

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Bulgarian: граница (granítsa) f. Lithuanian: marka f. (2) Neapolitan: mierco m. (1,2) Romanian: marș n. Slovak: pomedzie n.

Verb

march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)

1. (intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers

Translations

to have common borders or frontiers

Finnish: rajoittua (fi)

Swedish: gränsa till (sv)

Anagrams

• charm

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Welsh

Etymology

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

Noun

march m. (plural meirch) 

1. horse, steed, stallion

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
march	farch	unchanged	unchanged

Derived terms

• marchog
• dynfarch