# mars
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑɹz/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɑːz/
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

mars
* third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

### Noun

mars
* plural of mar

### Anagrams

* M.R.A.S., S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, ASMR, MSAR, Rams, RAMs, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, arms, ARMs, SRAM, rams

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin martius (“March”).

### Noun

mars m (definite marsi)
* March
    Synonym: (archaic) lagaterë

#### See also

* janar
* shkurt
* mars
* prill
* maj
* qershor
* korrik
* gusht
* shtator
* tetor
* nëntor
* dhjetor

## Atong (India)
### Alternative forms

* march

### Etymology

From English March.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mars/

### Noun

mars (Bengali script মার্স)
* March

#### Synonyms

* choi•etja

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Persian مارس (mârs).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mars (definite accusative marsı, plural marslar)
* (backgammon) gammon (a game in which one player removes all his checkers before his opponent can remove any, and counted as a double win)
    Marsdan qaçan oyunu aparar!One who [manages to] escape the gammon will win the game!

#### Declension
## Catalan
### Noun

mars
* plural of mar

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑrs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mars
* Rhymes: -ɑrs

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

mars m (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)
* march

##### Derived terms

* dagmars
* opmars

##### Related terms

* marcheren

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: mars
* → Papiamentu: mars

#### Interjection

mars
* march! (military command)
    Voorwaarts, mars! ― Forward, march!

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

mars f (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)
* basket (usually worn on the back like a rucksack)
* (nautical) the platform at the top of the lower mast of a sailing ship

##### Related terms

* marskramer
* marszeil

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

mars f (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)
* (Suriname, vulgar) ass, arse
** 2018, Killer Kamal (lyrics and music), “Natuur”:Ik tjap die beats als marsepein / verkracht die beats anaal, doe hun marsen pijnI devour beats like marzipan / rape beats anally, hurt their anuses
** 2020 September 9, Rasit Elibol, “‘Laat ze me mars eten’ [Let them kiss my ass]”, in De Groene Amsterdammer‎, retrieved 30 July 2021:‘Eerst hebben ze ons geleerd dat het slecht was om je eigen taal te spreken! Dan nu aksepteren zij als eerste diezelfde taalinvloeden! Laat ze me mars eten.’'First they taught us that it was bad to speak your own language! Yet now they are the first to accept the same linguistic influences! Let them kiss my ass.'

## Faroese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

mars m
* March (month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januar
* februar
* mars
* apríl
* mai
* juni
* juli
* august
* september
* oktober
* november
* desember

## Finnish
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from German marsch!, French marche!, or alternatively and less likely, an irregular imperative form of marssia (compare seis < seistä).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑrs
* Hyphenation: mars

### Interjection

mars!
* march! (military command)

### Further reading

* “mars”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French mars, from Latin (mensis) mārtius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aʁs

### Noun

mars m (plural mars)
* March (month)

#### Derived terms

* arriver comme mars en carême
* grand mars
* ides de mars
* mi-mars

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: mas
* → Iranian Persian: مارس (mârs)
* → South Azerbaijani: مارس (mars)
* → Tunisian Arabic: مارس (mārs)

#### See also

* janvier
* février
* mars
* avril
* mai
* juin
* juillet
* août
* septembre
* octobre
* novembre
* décembre
* Mars

### Further reading

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

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmar̥s/
    Rhymes: -ar̥s
    Homophone: Mars

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mārtiī, genitive singular of mārtius (“relating to Mars”), from Mārs (“Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture”).

#### Noun

mars m (genitive singular mars, no plural)
* March
    Synonym: marsmánuður

##### Derived terms

* marsbyrjun
* marsmánuður

##### See also

Icelandic months :
| janúar, -mánuður | febrúar, -mánuður | mars, -mánuður | apríl, -mánuður | maí, -mánuður | júní, -mánuður | júlí, -mánuður | ágúst, -mánuður | september, -mánuður | október, -mánuður | nóvember, -mánuður | desember, -mánuður |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish march (“march”), from French marche (“walk, march”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *markōną.

#### Noun

mars m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marsar)
* march (musical piece such as is played while marching)
* march (type of dance)

##### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch mars, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈmars/ [ˈmars]
* Syllabification: mars

### Noun

mars (plural mars-mars)
* march (a formal, rhythmic way of walking)
* march (any song in the genre of music written for marching)

### Further reading

* “mars” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French mars.

### Noun

mars
* March

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Mars, borrowed from Latin Mars. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

### Noun

mars (uncountable)
* (rare) The blackish, magnetic metal susceptible to rust; iron.
** 1475, The Book of Quintessence:In þat wiyn or watir ȝe quenche mars manye tymes.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* iren

#### See also

* Mars

#### References

* “Mars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑrs/, [mɑʂ]
* Rhymes: -ɑʂ

### Noun

mars m (indeclinable)
* March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januar
* februar
* mars
* april
* mai
* juni
* juli
* august
* september
* oktober
* november
* desember

### References

* “mars” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʂː/ (some dialects)

### Noun

mars m (indeclinable)
* March (third month)

### References

* “mars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin mārtius.

#### Noun

mars oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural mars)
* March (month)

##### Descendants

* Anglo-Norman: marche
** → Middle English: March, Marche, Mersh, Mearch, Marz, Mars, Marce
*** English: March (see there for further descendants)
*** Scots: Mairch
* Middle French: mars
** French: mars
*** Haitian Creole: mas
*** → Iranian Persian: مارس (mârs)
*** → South Azerbaijani: مارس (mars)
*** → Tunisian Arabic: مارس (mārs)
* Norman: mar, mâr
* Walloon: måss

### Etymology 2

see marc

#### Noun

mars m
* oblique plural of marc
* nominative singular of marc

## Old Norse
### Noun

mars
* genitive singular of marr

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* marz (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“of March”).

### Proper noun

mars m
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) March

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaʂː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mars c
* March (month)

#### Synonyms

* ugglemånad
* vårmånad

#### Derived terms

* marsmånad
* marsmånaden (definite form for mars)

### Anagrams

* arms, rams

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From mare +‎ -s, from the 2010s. Popularized by the talk show of the same name.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmaɾs/ [ˈmaɹs]
* Rhymes: -aɾs
* Syllabification: mars

### Noun

mars (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔)
* (slang) Alternative form of mare

### See also

* bes
* pards