Marquis

See also: marquis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marquis.

Proper noun

Marquis (countable and uncountable, plural Marquises)

1. A surname from French.
2. A place name:
   1. A town in Grenada, West Indies.
   2. A new neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
   3. A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191.
   4. A village within the Saskatchewan municipality.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marquis is the 4065^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8737 individuals. Marquis is most common among White (87.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marquis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 520.

Anagrams

• asquirm

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French marquis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁˈkiː/ (nominative, dative, accusative singular)

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• IPA^(key): /maʁˈkiːs/ (plural; genitive singular)

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Noun

Marquis m (strong, genitive Marquis, plural Marquis, feminine Marquise)

1. marquis, marquess (kind of nobleman, chiefly in a French-speaking country)

   Synonym: Markgraf

Declension

Declension of Marquis [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Marquis	die	Marquis
genitive	eines	des	Marquis	der	Marquis
dative	einem	dem	Marquis	den	Marquis
accusative	einen	den	Marquis	die	Marquis

Further reading

• “Marquis” in Duden online
• “Marquis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache