# marche
## Asturian
### Verb

marche
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of marchar

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

marche (Old Dauphinois)
* Alternative form of marchiê (“market”)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mercātus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 1

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁʃ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

marche f (plural marches)
* march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
* march (song in the genre of music written for marching)
* walk (distance walked)
* movement (of a vehicle)
* functioning
* step (step of a stair)
* marches (region near a border)

#### Derived terms

* en marche
* fermer la marche
* marche à suivre
* marche arrière
* marche de la mort
* marche forcée
* marche nordique
* mettre en marche
* ouvrir la marche

#### Related terms

* marcher

#### Descendants

* Esperanto: marŝo
* → German: Marsch
** → Polish: marsz
* → Turkish: marş

### Verb

marche
* inflection of marcher:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* charme, charmé, mâcher

## Galician
### Verb

marche
* inflection of marchar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmar.ke/
* Rhymes: -arke
* Hyphenation: màr‧che

### Noun

marche f pl
* plural of marca

### Anagrams

* charme

## Middle English
### Noun

marche
* Alternative form of merche

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* marce

### Etymology

From Old French marche, see below.

### Noun

marche f (plural marches)
* limit; boundary

#### Descendants

* French: marche
* → Middle English: marche
** English: march

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (marche, supplement)

## Norman
### Verb

marche
* inflection of marchi:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* marchee, march, marce, merche

### Etymology

Either directly from Frankish *marku or through Latin marca, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”).

### Noun

marche oblique singular, f (oblique plural marches, nominative singular marche, nominative plural marches)
* limit; boundary

#### Descendants

* Middle French: marche, marce
** French: marche
** → Middle English: marche
*** English: march

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (marche, supplement)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mar‧che

### Verb

marche
* inflection of marchar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɾt͡ʃe/ [ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃe]
* Rhymes: -aɾtʃe
* Syllabification: mar‧che

### Verb

marche
* inflection of marchar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative