Marcel

Definition: Marcel

Marcel

Verb

1. Make a marcel in a woman's hair.

"Marcel" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a male".

Date "marcel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	MARCEL, Madame, of France. Discovered a good excuse for women to gaze in mirrors. Also caused heartfailure on a rainy day. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
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Crosswords: Marcel

English words defined with "marcel": Marcel Duchamp, Marcel Lajos Breuer, Marcel Marceau, Marcel Proust ♦ Proustian. (references)

Specialty definitions using "marcel": BARRY ♦ Gobelin Tapestry ♦ SEVILLE ♦ violan. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Marcel" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Czech (Marcel).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	So you do get up, I was beginning to think you worked in bed like Marcel Proust. (The Big Sleep; writing credit: William Faulkner)
Movie/TV Titles	T'es fou Marcel (1974) Hommage � Marcel Mauss: Tara Okamoto (1973) Le Monde de Marcel Dubé (1969) Marcel Rasmussen (1966) Le Temps d'une vocation: Marcel Proust (1961)
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Domain	Title
Books	A Reader's Guide to Marcel Proust (Reader's Guides Series) (reference) Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dal�, and Surrealist Exhibition (reference) Farfallina & Marcel (reference) Marcel Breuer, Architect: The Career and the Buildings (reference) Marcel Proust (Penguin Lives) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bulletin De L Association Presence De Gabriel Marcel (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Marcel Mule: "Le patron" of the Saxophone (reference) Marcel Mule: Encore! (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A beautiful poster of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco painted by Marcel Camia.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		A section of a beautiful poster of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco showing the museum in its wonderful location by the sea. This image was painted by Marcel Camia.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Marcel Proust (en 1922).Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of Marcel Jouhandeau, Paris.Credit: Library of Congress.
	5 d'loscht vum Marcel Mart.Credit: Library of Congress.		Der Ganz faire Prozess des Marcel G. ...Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Marcel Marceau	Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?
	I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Panama	The appeal of Jean Marcel Chery, a reporter for the daily newspaper Panama America, of his July 2000 conviction for criminal libel and sentence of 18 months in jail or a fine of $1,800 was pending at year's end. (references)
Human Rights	Burkina Faso	In February the Government filed murder and arson charges against former Presidential Guard Marcel Kafando, a key suspect in the 1998 murder of respected journalist Norbert Zongo and his companions. (references)
	Congo	There reportedly was no known action taken against members of the security forces responsible for torturing, beating, or otherwise abusing the persons in the following 1999 cases: The October case of Pascal Kusehuka, secretary general of the PALU opposition party for Bandundu Province; the September case of human rights NGO activist Wetemwani Katembo Merikas; the September case of Francois Mpoyi Mukandu, the legal advisor of the governor of Eastern Kasai Province, Marcel Mpuanga Mindu, who also was an attorney, and Ditutu bin Bwebwe, a court clerk; the July case of Professor Kambaj Wa Kambaji; the July case of Jean Marie Kashils of the Agence Congolaise de Presse and Bienvenu Tshiela of Kasai Horizon Radio Television; the June case of the owner of a dugout canoe known as Motinga; the June case of journalists for the daily newspaper Tempete des Tropiques; the May case of Colonel Ndoma Moteke; the May case of Christian Badibangi, president of the opposition party Union Socialist Congolaise; the May case of eight members of the opposition Parti Lumumbiste Unifie (PALU) party; the April case of Lambert Edimba; the March case of a journalist; the March case of two female money changers; the February case of Professor Tshibangu Kalala; the February case of Luyinumu Lelo Koko and Jonas Ndoko; the February case of Toussaint Muhavu Shankulu; the January case of newspaper publisher Thierry Kyalumba; and the January case of human rights activists Christophe Bintu and Bienvenu Kasole. (references)
Minorities	Switzerland	Von Marcel was active among neo-Nazis, but in the previous few months had attempted to separate himself from them. (references)
	Switzerland	Four of his companions (all between 17 and 22 years of age) admitted to killing von Marcel and disposing of his corpse in Thun Lake. (references)
	Switzerland	In a highly publicized case, on January 28, 19-year-old Marcel von Allmen from the Interlaken town of Unterseen was killed by neo-Nazis with whom he was associated. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Marcel" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.33% of the time. "Marcel" is used about 187 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.33%	182	22,870
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.6%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.53%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	0.53%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	187	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "marcel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Marcel	First name Male	12,000	613
Marcel	Last name	300	27,405
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Marcel" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a male".

The following table summarizes names related to "Marcel."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Marcellus	Male	Ancient Roman	Marcus
Marcus	Male	Ancient Roman	Mars
Marcus	Male	English	Mars
Marcel	Male	French	Marcellus
Marcelle	Female	French	Marcellus
Marcellette	Female	French	Marcellus
Marcellin	Male	French	Marcellus
Marcel	Male	German	Marcellus
Marcella	Female	Italian	Marcellus
Marcello	Male	Italian	Marcellus
Marcela	Female	Polish	Marcellus
Marceli	Male	Polish	Marcellus
Marcelo	Male	Portuguese	Marcellus
Mars	Male	Roman Mythology	N/A
Marcel	Male	Romanian	Marcellus
Marcela	Female	Romanian	Marcellus
Marcela	Female	Spanish	Marcellus
Marcelo	Male	Spanish	Marcellus
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "marcel": Marcel Duchamp ♦ Marcel Lajos Breuer ♦ Marcel Marceau ♦ Marcel Proust ♦ marcel wave. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "marcel": marcel-albertine.
	Ending with "marcel": Hillaire-marcel.
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Language		Translations for "marcel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Permanent (lasting, perm, permanent, wave), Ondulacion, Bëj Flokët Onde. (various references)

Bulgarian		Къдря На Маша, Къдрене На Маша. (various references)

Chinese		马塞�". (various references)

Czech		Marcel. (various references)

French		Fondation Marcel Benoist pour l'encouragement des recherches scientifiques;Fondation Marcel Benoist;FMB (Marcel Benoist Foundation for the encouragement of scientific research;Marcel Benoist Foundation;FMB). (various references)

German		Ondulation. (various references)

Greek		ίυματοειδέσ ίτένισμα. (various references)

Hungarian		Hullámosít (corrugate, to corrugate, to crimp), Hajsütés (wave). (various references)

Italian		Fondazione Marcel Benoist;FMB (Marcel Benoist Foundation for the encouragement of scientific research;Marcel Benoist Foundation;FMB). (various references)

Pig Latin		arcelmay

Portuguese		Resíduo (draff, filter cake, offal, remainder, residual, residual contamination, residual product, residue, residuum, sludge, spoilage, tailing, waste). (various references)

Russian		Завивать �'олосы Щипцами, �"орячая Завивка �'олос. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		marsel. (various references)

Thai		ทรงผมแบบ�"ั�"เป็นคลื่น, �"ั�"ผมให้เป็นคลื่น. (various references)

Turkish		marsel saç biçimi (marcel wave). (various references)

Vietnamese		l� n sóng tóc. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "marcel": marcelled, marcelling, marcels. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Marcel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amschel, Arcueil, Maarssen, Maciel, Macraild, maracel, marcels, Marcet, Marchell, Marcial, Marculf, Mariel, markal, Markek, Markel, Marken, Markill, marnel, marsel, Marsili, Marwell, Merchel, Merkels, Micral, Mirbel, morcel, Morkel, Mrcpe, Sarkhel. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "marcel" (pronounced mÄrse"l)
3	-s e" l	Cel, cell, Excel, outsell, resell, sell, Selle.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: calmer.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-m-r"
	-1 letter: camel, carle, clear, cream, lacer, lamer, macer, macle, realm.
	-2 letters: acme, acre, alec, alme, calm, came, care, carl, clam, cram, earl, lace, lame, lear, mace, male, marc, mare, marl, meal, merl, race, rale, real, ream.
	-3 letters: ace, ale, arc, are, arm, cam, car, cel, ear, elm, era, lac, lam, lar, lea, mac, mae, mar, mel, ram, rec, rem.
	-4 letters: ae, al, am, ar, el, em, er, la, ma, me, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-m-r"
	+1 letter: cameral, caramel, ceramal, claimer, clamber, clammer, clamper, marcels, miracle, reclaim, reclame.
	+2 letters: amelcorn, beclamor, cameleer, caramels, ceramals, claimers, clambers, clammers, clammier, clamored, clamorer, clampers, claymore, cornmeal, creamily, cymbaler, mackerel, metrical, micellar, millrace, miracles, reclaims, reclames, scleroma, scramble.
	+3 letters: acclaimer, amelcorns, beclamors, bicameral, cablegram, cameleers, charmless, clambered, clamberer, clamorers, clamoured, claymores, clergyman, comradely, cornmeals, cymbalers, declaimer, empirical, exclaimer, latecomer, mackerels, marcelled, marchlike, mercurial, millraces, molecular, numerical, overclaim, reclaimed, scleromas, scrambled, scrambler, scrambles, simulacre, tularemic.
	+4 letters: acclaimers, acromegaly, acrylamide, aldermanic, allometric, alphameric, amerciable, beclamored, cablegrams, calamander, calamaries, camelopard, camerlengo, campestral, caramelise, caramelize, carmagnole, cavalrymen, centralism, ceremonial, chimerical, chloramine, clamberers, clambering, clawhammer, columellar, commercial, comparable, complainer, coromandel, decemviral, declaimers, descramble, disclaimer, ectodermal, eremitical, exclaimers, germicidal, hammerlock, hermetical, homocercal, lachrymose, latecomers, lawrencium, lumberjack, macroscale, malefactor, marcelling, menarcheal, mercantile, mercurials, metacarpal, metrically, microscale, mycoflorae, normalcies, overclaims, premedical, proclaimed, proclaimer, ramshackle, reclaiming, sarcolemma, schmalzier, scleromata, scramblers, secularism, simulacres, unicameral, unscramble, vermicular.
	+5 letters: acromegalic, acrylamides, aeromedical, aeronomical, bachelordom, beclamoring, bimolecular, biometrical, blackmailer, calamanders, calorimeter, calorimetry, camelopards, camerlengos, candelabrum, caramelised, caramelises, caramelized, caramelizes, carmagnoles, cavalierism, centralisms, ceremonials, chamberlain, chloramines, clergywoman, clericalism, climacteric, comfortable, commercials, complainers, confirmable, conformable, coromandels, criminalize, curtailment, declamatory, decremental, demiurgical, descrambled, descrambler, descrambles, diametrical, dimercaprol, disclaimers, elastomeric, electrogram, emasculator, embraceable, embracingly, empirically, exclamatory, excremental, geometrical, hammerlocks, homonuclear, incremental, infomercial, lamellicorn, lawrenciums, lumberjacks, macronuclei, macroscales, maledictory, malefactors, malpractice, mariculture, marketplace, marshalcies, matriculate, mercenarily, mercurially, meroblastic, metacarpals, microflorae, microscales, mineralogic, molecularly, mononuclear, musculature, nomenclator, nonmetrical, numerically, overclaimed, paramedical, parenchymal, planimetric, problematic, proclaimers, reclaimable, reclamation, recommittal, replacement, resemblance, retinaculum, sacramental, sarcolemmal, sarcolemmas, schmaltzier, scleroderma, screamingly, secularisms, spermicidal, symmetrical, thermically, unempirical, unreclaimed, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles, vermiculate.
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