marquess

English[edit]

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marquess

Alternative forms[edit]

marquis

Etymology[edit]

See marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very unusual in the English language in that it ends in -ess but is a masculine term. The title is granted only to males (the female equivalent is marchioness).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun[edit]

marquess (plural marquesses)

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

title of nobility

Arabic: مَرْكِيز‎ m (markīz)
Armenian: մարկիզ (hy) (markiz)
Belarusian: маркі́з m (markíz)
Breton: markiz (br) m
Bulgarian: марки́з m (markíz)
Catalan: marquès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 侯爵 (zh) (hóujué)
Czech: markýz (cs) m
Danish: markis c
Dutch: markies (nl) m
Esperanto: markizo
Estonian: markii
Faroese: markgreivi m
Finnish: markiisi (fi)
French: marquis (fr) m
Middle French: marquis m, marchis m
German: Marquis (de) m, Markgraf (de) m
Greek: μαρκήσιος (el) m (markísios)
Hungarian: márki (hu), őrgróf (hu)
Icelandic: markgreifi m
Indonesian: tumenggung (id)
Irish: marcas (ga) m
Italian: marchese (it) m
Japanese: 侯爵 (ja) (こうしゃく, kōshaku)
Khmer: ឧកញ៉ា (km) (okɲaa), ពញា (km) (pɲie)
Korean: 후작(侯爵) (ko) (hujak)
Manchu: ᡥᡝᠣ (heo)
Latin: (Late) marchensis m
Latvian: marķīzs m, markgrāfs m
Lithuanian: markizas m
Macedonian: марки́з m (markíz)
Maori: mākuihi
Middle English: marquis, markis
Norman: martchis m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: marki m

Nynorsk: marki m
Old English: eorl m
Polish: markiz (pl) m
Portuguese: marquês (pt) m
Romanian: marchiz (ro) m
Russian: марки́з (ru) m (markíz)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: маркиз m

Roman: markiz (sh) m
Slovak: markíz (sk) m
Slovene: markiz (sl) m
Spanish: marqués (es) m
Swedish: markis (sv) c, markgreve c
Tagalog: markes
Thai: มาร์ควิส
Turkish: marki (tr)
Ukrainian: маркі́з m (markíz)
Vietnamese: hầu tước (侯爵)

Anagrams[edit]

masquers