margrave

See also: márgrave

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio.

Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɡɹeɪv/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹɡɹeɪv/

Noun

margrave (plural margraves)

1. (historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
   • 1973: Among pulverised heads of stone margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
2. (historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
   • 1516, Thomas More, Utopia Chapter 1.

     The Margrave of Bruges was their head.

Derived terms

• margravate
• margravial
• margraviate
• margravine

 

Related terms

• burgrave
• landgrave
• palsgrave
• waldgrave

 

Translations

military officer in charge of German border area

• Catalan: marcgravi m, marquès (ca) m
• Czech: markrabě (cs) m
• Danish: markgreve c
• Dutch: markgraaf (nl) m
• Esperanto: margrafo
• Finnish: rajakreivi (fi)
• Galician: margrave m
• German: Markgraf (de) m
• Icelandic: markgreifi m
• Italian: margravio (it) m
• Japanese: 辺境伯 (henkyouhaku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: ចៅបច្ចន្តជនបទ (chav pacchanta chɔɔn bɑt)
• Korean: 변경백 (byeon'gyeongbaek)
• Macedonian: ма́ркгроф m (márkgrof)
• Middle Dutch: marcgrave
• Persian: مرزبان (fa) (marzbân)
• Polish: margrabia (pl) m
• Portuguese: margrave m
• Russian: маркгра́ф (ru) m (markgráf)
• Swedish: markgreve c
• Thai: มาร์เกรฟ

hereditary prince

• Catalan: marcgravi m
• Czech: markrabě (cs) m
• Danish: markgreve c
• Dutch: markgraaf (nl) m, markies (nl) m
• Esperanto: margrafo
• Finnish: rajakreivi (fi)
• German: Markgraf (de) m
• Hungarian: őrgróf (hu), márki (hu)
• Icelandic: markgreifi m
• Italian: margravio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: ពញា (km) (pnyie), ឧកញ៉ា (km) (oknyaa)
• Macedonian: ма́ркгроф m (márkgrof)
• Middle Dutch: marcgrave
• Persian: مرزبان (fa) (marzbân)
• Polish: margrabia (pl) f
• Portuguese: margrave m
• Russian: маркгра́ф (ru) m (markgráf)
• Spanish: margrave m
• Swedish: markgreve c
• Thai: มาร์เกรฟ

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} rajakrahv
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• French: ^{(please verify)} margrave (fr) m

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡʁav/

Noun

margrave m (plural margraves)

1. A margrave

Derived terms

• margraviat m

Related terms

• marquis m

Noun

margrave f (plural margraves)

1. margravine

Synonyms

• margravine

Further reading

• “margrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Noun

margrave m (plural margraves)

1. margrave (military officer in charge of German border area)

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Spanish

Etymology

From German Markgraf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈɡɾabe/ [maɾˈɣ̞ɾa.β̞e]

Noun

margrave m (plural margraves)

1. margrave (military-administrative officer)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001