marque
See also: marqué
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark.
Pronunciation
Noun
marque (plural marques)
- A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
- A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
- 2001 January 31, Nicholas Bannister, “BMW's unofficial input into new MGs”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The group wants Rover as its luxury marque and MG as the performance car.
- A ship commissioned for making captures.
Translations
brand of a manufactured product
French
Etymology
From Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką. Or from marquer, from Frankish *markōn, from the noun.
Pronunciation
Noun
marque f (plural marques)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Verb
marque
- inflection of marquer:
Further reading
- “marque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Verb
marque
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
marque
- inflection of marcar:
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