marquise

See also: Marquise

English

Etymology

From French marquise

Noun

marquise (plural marquises)

1. A marchioness, especially one who is French.
   • 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.
3. (jewelry) An oval cut diamond with pointed ends.
4. A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     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.

5. A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.

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French

Etymology

Feminine of marquis

Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

1. a marchioness, a member of foreign nobility
2. a type of finger-ring
3. (archaic) marquee

Further reading

• “marquise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French marquise.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maɾ.ˈki.zɨ/
• Hyphenation: mar‧qui‧se

Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

1. canopy (overhanging or projecting roof structure)