# marc
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɑːk/
* (General American) IPA: /mɑɹk/
* Rhymes: -ɑːk
* Homophones: mark, Mark, marque

### Etymology 1

From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).

#### Noun

marc (usually uncountable, plural marcs)
* The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
* An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
** 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298:There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
** 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60:The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

marc (plural marcs)
* (historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”)

### References

* “marc”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Cram, MRCA, cram, macr-, mrca

## Catalan
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmark]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmaɾk]
* Rhymes: -aɾk

### Noun

marc m (plural marcs)
* frame
* (figurative) framework, setting
    Us aconsellarem per obtenir el resultat més favorable en el marc de la legalitat vigent.We will advise you so as to obtain the most favourable result in the existing legal framework.
* (historical) marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
* (historical) mark, any of various other half-pound units of mass
* (historical) mark, a former German currency

#### Derived terms

* emmarcar

### Further reading

* “marc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “marc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “marc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “marc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology 1

From Middle French marc (14th c.), deverbal from marcher (“to trample, walk over”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁ/
* Homophones: marcs, marre, marrent, marres (general), mare, mares (one pronunciation)

#### Noun

marc m (plural marcs)
* pomace, marc
* grounds (e.g. from coffee)

##### Derived terms

* marc de café

### Etymology 2

From Old French marc (12th c.), from Frankish *mark. Doublet of mark. Also related with marque and marche (“frontier”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁ/, /maʁk/
* Homophones: marcs (general), mare, mares, marre, marrent, marres (form 1), Marc, mark, marks, marque, marques (form 2)

#### Noun

marc m (plural marcs)
* (history) a weight, especially of gold and silver, equivalent to ca. 245 grams

##### Derived terms

* au marc le franc

### Further reading

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

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /mˠɑɾˠk/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /mˠaɾˠk/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).

#### Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
* (archaic) horse
    Synonyms: capall, each, (literary) peall

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
marc
mairc
vocative
a mhairc
a mharca
genitive
mairc
marc
dative
marc
mairc
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an marc
na mairc
genitive
an mhairc
na marc
dative
leis an marc don mharc
leis na mairc :

##### Related terms

* láir

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”).

#### Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)
* target, goal
* mark (stroke, tick, marking)

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
marc
marcanna
vocative
a mhairc
a mharcanna
genitive
mairc
marcanna
dative
marc
marcanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an marc
na marcanna
genitive
an mhairc
na marcanna
dative
leis an marc don mharc
leis na marcanna :

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Late Latin marca. Doublet of marg.

#### Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)
* (money) mark; shilling

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
marc
mairc
vocative
a mhairc
a mharca
genitive
mairc
marc
dative
marc
mairc
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an marc
na mairc
genitive
an mhairc
na marc
dative
leis an marc don mharc
leis na mairc :

##### Synonyms

* marg

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German marz

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmart͡s/
* Rhymes: -art͡s
* Syllabification: marc

### Noun

marc
* March (month)
    Synonym: strëmiannik

#### Coordinate terms

* januar
* februar
* marc
* aprël
* môj
* juny
* juli
* agùst
* zeptember
* òktober
* nowember
* december

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “marzec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mark, mǫrk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑrk/, [mɑrˠk]

### Noun

marc n (nominative plural marc)
* mark (as currency etc.)

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: mark
** English: mark
** Scots: mark, merk
* → Irish: marg

## Old French
### Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin marcus, itself borrowed from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”).

### Noun

marc oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)
* mark (small distinguishing feature)
* mark (unit of currency)
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vautWhich is worth more than 100 marks of silver

#### Descendants

* Middle French: marc
** French: marc

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (merc)
* merche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and beyond Celtic with Old English mearh (“horse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mark]

### Noun

marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)
* horse
** c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851
    marc .i. eachhorse, that is, "horse"

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Synonyms

* ech

#### Derived terms

* marcach
* marcas
* marclann
* marcrad

#### Descendants

* Irish: marc
* Scottish Gaelic: marc

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French marc.

### Noun

marc n (uncountable)
* pomace, marc

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /marxk/

### Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)
* (literary) horse
    Synonym: each
* steed

#### Derived terms

* marcachd

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ark

### Noun

marc
* Nasal mutation of barc.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.