marquess

English

Alternative forms

• marquis

Etymology

See marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very rare 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

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

Noun

marquess (plural marquesses)

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

Related terms

• marchioness
• marquise

Translations

title of nobility

• Arabic: مَرْكِيز‏‎ m (markīz)
• Armenian: մարկիզ (hy) (markiz)
• Belarusian: маркіз m (markíz)
• Bulgarian: маркиз m (markíz)
• Catalan: marquès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侯爵 (zh) (hóujué)

• Czech: markýz m
• Dutch: markies (nl) m
• Esperanto: markizo
• 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
• 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 (ko) (hujak) (侯爵 (ko))
• Macedonian: маркиз m (markíz)
• Maori: mākuihi
• Middle English: marquis, markis
• Norman: martchis m
• Old English: eorl m
• Polish: markiz m
• Portuguese: marquês (pt) m
• Russian: марки́з (ru) m (markíz)
• Slovene: markiz (sl) m
• Spanish: marqués (es) m
• Swedish: markis (sv) c, markgreve c
• Thai: มาร์ควิส
• Ukrainian: маркіз m (markíz)
• Vietnamese: hầu tước (侯爵)

Anagrams

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