Marche

See also: marche, marchè, and marché

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Marche.

Proper noun

Marche

2. An administrative region in central Italy.

   Synonym: the Marches

Meronyms

• Ancona
• Ascoli Piceno
• Fermo
• Macerata
• Pesaro e Urbino

Translations

region of central Italy

• Bulgarian: Ма́рке (Márke)
• Catalan: Marques
• French: Marches (fr) f pl
• Friulian: Marcjis f pl
• Georgian: მარკე (marḳe)
• Greek: Μάρκε n pl (Márke)
• Italian: Marche (it) f pl
• Japanese: マルケ州 (マルケしゅう, Maruke shū), マルケ (Maruke)
• Polish: Marche (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Marcas (pt) f pl, Marcas (pt) f pl
• Sicilian: Marchi pl
• Spanish: Marcas f pl
• Thai: มาร์เค (maa-kee)

See also

regions of Italyedit

• Abruzzo
• Apulia
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Lazio
• Liguria
• Lombardy
• Marche
• Molise
• Piedmont
• Sardinia
• Sicily
• Trentino-Alto Adige
• Tuscany
• Umbria
• Valle d'Aosta
• Veneto

Etymology 2

See March.

Proper noun

Marche

1. Obsolete spelling of March.

Anagrams

• charme, macher

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁʃ/

Proper noun

Marche f

1. Marche (a department of France)

Anagrams

• charme, charmé
• mâcher

Italian

Etymology

From marche (“marches (border areas)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ke/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arke
• Hyphenation: Màr‧che

Proper noun

le Marche f pl (plural only)

1. Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)

Descendants

• → Dutch: Marken (calque)
• → Polish: Marche

See also

regions of Italy: regioni d'Italiaedit

• Abruzzo
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Lazio
• Liguria
• Lombardia
• Marche
• Molise
• Piemonte
• Puglia
• Sardegna
• Sicilia
• Toscana
• Trentino-Alto Adige
• Umbria
• Valle d'Aosta
• Veneto

Anagrams

• charme

Middle English

Proper noun

Marche

1. alternative form of March

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Marche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kɛ/
• Rhymes: -arkɛ
• Syllabification: Mar‧che

Proper noun

Marche m inan (indeclinable)

1. Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)

Further reading

• Marche in PWN's encyclopedia