marquee

English

A marquee sign

marquee selection

Wikipedia

Etymology

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ˌkiː/, X-SAMPA: /"mA:(r\)%ki:/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

marquee (plural marquees)

1. (UK, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
2. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
3. (US) By generalization, used for lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
4. (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
5. (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

   Rectangular Marquee Tool

Synonyms

• (lights that turn on and off in sequence): chase lights, chaser lights
• (computing): marching ants

Translations

large tent

• Finnish: juhlateltta (fi)
• Greek: αντίσκηνο (el) (antískino) n 

• Italian: padiglione (it) m, tendone (it) m
• Russian: шатёр (ru) m (šatjór)

projecting canopy

• Greek: μαρκίζα (el) (markíza) f 
• Hungarian: vászontető (hu)

• Italian: pensilina (it) f
• Russian: маркиза (ru) (markíza) f , навес (ru) (navés) m 

selection tool

• Finnish: valintatyökalu (fi)

a banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally

• Greek: κυλιόμενο μύνημα (el) (kyliómeno mýnima) n