marquise

See also: Marquise

English

tanzanite marquise (sense 3)

The marquise (sense 4) of Brasserie des Brotteaux.

A chocolate marquise (sense 6).

Etymology

Borrowed from French marquise.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiːz/

Noun

marquise (plural marquises)

1. (chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.

   Synonym: marchioness

   • 2009 February 14, Emine Saner, “'She was a mass of contradictions - we all are'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In 1986, she appeared in the stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuse opposite Alan Rickman, playing the manipulative marquise whose icy demeanour seems to have clung to Duncan's image like frost ever since, even though it is so at odds with her warmth in person.

2. A marquee.
4. (jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
6. (architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

7. (historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
9. (cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.

Derived terms

• marquee

Further reading

• chocolate marquise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Feminine of marquis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.kiz/

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Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

1. marchioness (a member of foreign nobility)
2. (by extension) a type of finger-ring
3. (architecture) awning, marquee (projecting canopy over an entrance)

   Synonym: auvent

Descendants

• → Danish: markise
• → English: marquise
• → German: Marquise; Markise
• → Ottoman Turkish: ماركیز (markiz)
  • Turkish: markiz
• → Persian: مارکیز (mârkiz)
• → Portuguese: marquise, marquesa
• → Romanian: marchiză

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• marquesa

Etymology

Borrowed from French marquise.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈki.zi/ [mahˈki.zi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈki.zi/ [mahˈki.zi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈki.zi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈki.zi/ [maχˈki.zi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maɻˈki.zi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maɾˈki.zɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -izi, (Portugal) -izɨ
• Hyphenation: mar‧qui‧se

Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

1. (Portugal, architecture) a glass veranda
2. (Brazil, architecture) canopy (overhanging or projecting roof structure)

   Synonyms: alpendre, telheiro

   • 2008 December 8, Sérgio Rangel, “Torcedor tenta se matar após revés e queda do Vasco [Supporter tries to kill himself after Vasco's misfortune and relegation]”, Esporte, in Folha de S.Paulo‎^[2], volume 88, number 29104, São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:

     Com a derrota, a festa terminou em confusão. Dezenas de torcedores brigaram entre si nas organizadas e um ainda tentou se suicidar da marquise de São Januário, diante de milhares de pessoas. A cena calou o estádio por três minutos até policiais e bombeiros conseguirem imobilizar o torcedor, identificado como Fernando.

     With the defeat, the celebration endend in turmoil. Dozens of supporters fought among themselves in the ultras and one even tried to commit suicide from São Januário's canopy, before thousands of people. The scene silenced the stadium for three minutes, ultil pollice officers and firemen managed to immobilize the supporter, identified as Fernando.

Further reading

• “marquise”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026