mar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mar"

English

WOTD – 8 April 2016

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: mar

Etymology 1

From Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”).

Verb

mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

1. (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Prospero: […] huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, OCLC 767532218:

     Ire, envy, and despair / Marred all his borrowed visage, and betrayed / Him counterfeit.

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415, book I, page 218:

     Mother, tho' wiſe your ſelf, my Counſel weigh; / 'Tis much unſafe my Sire to disobey; / Not only you provoke him to your Coſt, / But Mirth is marr'd, and the good Chear is loſt.

   • 1826, Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Printed from the Most Correct Copies of the Present Authorized Translation, including the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes. Designed as a Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings, volume IV, Royal Octavo Stereotype edition, New York, N.Y.: Published by N. Bangs and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 13, Crosby-Street, Jeremiah 18:3–4, page 53:

     […] I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

   • 1856, Jabez Burns, “The Heralds of Mercy”, in Cyclopedia of Sermons: Containing Sketches of Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Christ, on Christian Missions, on Scripture Characters and Incidents; on Subjects Appropriate for the Sick Room, Family Reading and Village Worship and some Special Occasions, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, OCLC 692530910, page 253:

     Sin defiles the soul; it mars its beauty, impairs its health and vigor. It perverts its powers, and deranges all its dignified energies and attributes.

   • 2000, Vanessa Gunther, “The Indian Giver”, in Gordon Morris Bakken, editor, Law in the Western United States (Legal History of North America; 6), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 271:

     The Court's ability to reinterpret the words in the treaty that do not appeal to it mars its logic, and demeans other words there, most significantly the solemnity of the United States oath.

   • 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr.; Frank N. Jones; S. Peter Pappas; Douglas A. Wicks, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, pages 85 and 210:

     [page 85] Mar resistance is related to abrasion resistance, but there is an important difference. Abrasion may go deeply into the coating, whereas marring is usually a near-surface phenomenon; mars less than 0.5 μm deep can degrade appearance. […] [page 210] Eventually, sufficient resin can accumulate to drip down on products going through the ovens, marring their finish.

   • 2018 July 10, “Cave rescue: Final push under way in Thailand”, in bbc.com‎^[1], BBC, retrieved 2018-07-10:

     They extracted a ninth boy on Tuesday, the Thai Navy said, with reports suggesting two more. If confirmed, one child and an adult remain to be rescued, bringing to a close an epic operation marred by one diver's death.

Derived terms

• marring

Translations

to spoil, to damage

• Catalan: anar-se'n en orris, espatllar (ca), perdre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 損壞 (zh), 损坏 (zh) (sǔnhuài), 損傷 (zh), 损伤 (zh) (sǔnshāng), 變壞 (zh), 变坏 (zh) (biànhuài), 破壞 (zh), 破坏 (zh) (pòhuài), 糟蹋 (zh) (zāota)

• Dutch: verpesten (nl), verknoeien (nl), beschadigen (nl)
• Finnish: pilata (fi), tärvellä (fi), turmella (fi)
• French: entacher (fr) (figuratively)
• German: verderben (de), stören (de), verunstalten (de), beeinträchtigen (de), versauen (de)

• Japanese: 台無しにする (だいなしにする, dainashi ni suru), 傷める (いためる, itameru)
• Romanian: strica (ro)
• Russian: по́ртить (ru) impf (pórtitʹ), испо́ртить (ru) pf (ispórtitʹ), поврежда́ть (ru) impf (povreždátʹ), повреди́ть (ru) pf (povredítʹ)
• Slovene: kazíti
• Spanish: arruinar (es), dañar (es), perjudicar (es)
• Swedish: fördärva (sv), svärta ner

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. A blemish.
   • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 68:

     For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.

Derived terms

• marless

Etymology 2

See mere.

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. A small lake.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram

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Afrikaans

Adverb

mar

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

mar

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of maar

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Aragonese

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

1. sea

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

1. sea (body of water)

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. sea

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/
• Homophones: ma, mà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mars)

1. sea

Derived terms

• marejar
• marejol
• maresme
• marí
• mariner
• marítim

 

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mar (“sea”).

Noun

mar

1. sea

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mar, from Latin mare.

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

1. sea
2. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu már.

Noun

mar

1. sea

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *mura-, (*murɜ) (“bit, crumb; crumble, crack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒr]

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Verb

mar

1. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation

conjugation of mar

Infinitive			marni
Past participle			mart
Present participle			maró
Future participle			marandó
Adverbial participle			marva
Potential			marhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	marok	marsz	mar	marunk	martok	marnak
		Definite	marom én téged/titeket marlak	marod	marja	marjuk	marjátok	marják
	Past	Indefinite	martam	martál	mart	martunk	martatok	martak
		Definite	martam én téged/titeket martalak	martad	marta	martuk	martátok	marták
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	marnék	marnál	marna	marnánk	marnátok	marnának
		Definite	marnám én téged/titeket marnálak	marnád	marná	marnánk	marnátok	marnák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	marjak	marj or marjál	marjon	marjunk	marjatok	marjanak
		Definite	marjam én téged/titeket marjalak	mard or marjad	marja	marjuk	marjátok	marják
Conjugated infinitive			marnom	marnod	marnia	marnunk	marnotok	marniuk

Derived terms

• marakodik
• marás
• marat
• mardos
• maró

(With verbal prefixes):

• belemar
• elmar
• felmar
• kimar
• lemar
• megmar
• összemar
• szétmar

(Expressions):

• aki kapja, marja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr/

  Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marar or marir)

1. (poetic) horse

Declension

declension of mar

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn	marar	mararnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mara	marana
dative	mari / mar	marinum / marnum	mörum	mörunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

or

declension of mar

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn	marir	marirnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mari	marina
dative	mari / mar	marinum / marnum	mörum	mörunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *mari.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular marar)

1. (poetic) the sea

Declension

declension of mar

m-s3	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn
accusative	mar	marinn
dative	mari / mar	marinum / marnum
genitive	marar	mararins

Etymology 3

First attested at the end of the 18th century. Related to merja (“to crush, bruise”).

Noun

mar n (genitive singular mars, no plural)

1. bruise, contusion

Declension

declension of mar

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marið
accusative	mar	marið
dative	mari	marinu
genitive	mars	marsins

References

• “mar” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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Interlingua

Noun

mar (plural mares)

1. sea

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish immar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠ/

Conjunction

mar

1. because
2. as

Derived terms

• cad é mar
• mar ea
• mar go
• mar gur
• mar nach
• mar nár

 

Preposition

mar (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. like
2. as

Synonyms

• amhail
• ar chuma
• ar nós
• cosúil le
• dála
• fearacht

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “immar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• "mar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Italian

Noun

mar m

1. (form of mare used in poetry and in names of some seas) sea

Derived terms

• Mar Caspio (“Caspian Sea”)
• Mar Giallo (“Yellow Sea”)
• Mar Ionio (“Ionian Sea”)
• Mar Mediterraneo (“Mediterranean Sea”)
• Mar Morto (“Dead Sea”)
• Mar Rosso (“Red Sea”)
• Mar Adriatico
• Mar Arabico
• Mar Baltico
• Mar Bianco
• Mar Celtico
• Mar Cinese occidentale
• Mar Cinese orientale
• Mar d'Azov
• Mar dei Caraibi
• Mar dei Chukchi
• Mar dei Coralli
• Mar dei Sargassi
• Mar del Giappone
• Mar della Siberia Orientale
• Mar delle Filippine
• Mar delle Molucche
• Mar delle Salomone
• Mar del Nord
• Mar di Andamane
• Mar di Arafura
• Mar di Banda
• Mar di Barents
• Mar di Beaufort
• Mar di Bering
• Mar di Celebes
• Mar di Ceram
• Mar di Flores
• Mar di Galilea
• Mar di Giava
• Mar di Groenlandia
• Mar di Kara
• Mar di Laptev
• Mar di Marmara
• Mar di Mindanao
• Mar di Norvegia
• Mar di Ohotsk
• Mar d'Irlanda
• Mar di Ross
• Mar di Sardegna
• Mar di Sibuyan
• Mar di Sicilia
• Mar di Sulu
• Mar di Tasmania
• Mar di Timor
• Mar di Weddell
• Mar Egeo
• Mar Glaciale Artico
• Mar Ligure
• Mar Nero
• Mar Tirreno

 

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mar.

Noun

mar

1. sea
2. ocean

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

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Kurdish

Noun

mar m

1. snake
2. marriage

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَرَّ‎ (marra, “to pass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːr/

Verb

mar (imperfect imur)

1. go

Conjugation

conjugation of mar

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	mort	mort	mar	marret		morna	mortu	marru
imperfect	immur	tmur	imur	tmur	immorru	tmorru	imorru
imperative		mur				morru

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Norman

Alternative forms

• mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
• mathe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. (Sark) pool

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. sea (large body of water)

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Old French

Adjective

mar m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

1. Alternative form of mare

Adverb

mar

1. Alternative form of mare

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

Noun

mar m

1. sea
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

Descendants

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• Galician: mar
• Portuguese: mar
  • Kabuverdianu: mar
  • Kabuverdianu: már

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/

Noun

mar f

1. genitive plural of mara

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Portuguese

mar

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese mar (“sea”), from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [maɹ], [maɾ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [maɻ], [maɾ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): [maɻ]
    • Homophone: mal
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): [maχ]
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [mah]
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

1. sea
2. (figuratively) a multitude; a great amount or number of things

Derived terms

• gaivotas em terra, tempestade no mar - Seagulls inland, storm at sea.
• mar de rosas

Related terms

• maré
• mareiro
• marina
• marinha
• marinho
• marítimo

Etymology 2

Adverb

mar (comparative mais mar superlative o mais mar)

1. Eye dialect spelling of mal, representing Caipira Portuguese.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) mer

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sea

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

1. (Vallader) sea

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• man

Preposition

mar

1. as
2. like

Usage notes

• Lenites the following word.

Derived terms

• mar eisimpleir
• mar seo
• mar sin

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *marъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâːr/

Noun

mȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̑р)

1. (rare) diligence
2. (rare) eagerness, zeal

Declension

Declension of mar

	singular	plural
nominative	mar	marovi
genitive	mara	marova
dative	maru	marovima
accusative	mar	marove
vocative	mare	marovi
locative	maru	marovima
instrumental	marom	marovima

See also

• marljivost
• marljiv

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Somali

Verb

mar

1. to pass, to proceed

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

1. sea
   • 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “En la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]”, in Songbook vol. 2‎^[2] (CD), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by Cécile Corbel:

     En la mar hay una torre
     En la torre una ventana
     En la ventana hay una hija
     Que a los marineros ama.

     In the middle of the sea there's a tower
     In the tower there's window
     At the window there's a maiden
     Who loves the sailors.

2. seaside
3. (selenology) lunar mare
4. (la mar) loads
5. (la mar de) really; hella

Usage notes

Mar is usually treated as a masculine noun in formal prose and as a feminine noun by sailors or in poetry.

Derived terms

• aguamar
• alta mar
• anémona de mar
• araña de mar
• brazo de mar
• caballito de mar
• erizo de mar
• estrella de mar
• la mar
• ultramar

 

Related terms

• marea
• marear
• maremoto
• mareo
• marina
• marino
• marisco
• marisma
• marítimo

 

Descendants

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• Aymara: lamara
• Nahuatl: láma̱r
• Papiamentu: lama, laman

Further reading

• “mar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Abbreviation

mar

1. March; Abbreviation of mars.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Anagrams

• ram, arm

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Torres Strait Creole

Noun

mar

1. (western dialect) a person's shadow

Synonyms

• mari (eastern dialect)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Italian mare.

Noun

mar m (plural mari)

1. sea

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West Frisian

Etymology 1

Adverb

mar

1. only, solely

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Conjunction

mar

1. but

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

mar c (plural marren)

1. but

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian mere, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mar c (plural marren, diminutive marke)

1. lake

Further reading

• “mar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑɾ]
• Hyphenation: mar

Etymology

Related to Persian مار‎ (mār)

Noun

mar m

1. (zoology) snake

mar f

1. (family) mother (specification)