Marceau

Definition: Marceau

Marceau

Noun

1. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).

Date "Marceau" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Synonym: Marceau

Synonym: Marcel Marceau (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Marceau

English words defined with "Marceau": Marcel Marceau. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Yves Saint Laurent: 5, Avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris, France (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Edwin G. Conklin] / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Marceau..		David Bryson Delavan, M.D. / Marceau.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Samuel B. Grubbs] / Marceau.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Steaming off San Francisco, California, circa 1892-1893. Photographed by Marceau, 826 Market St., San Francisco.Credit: NAVY.
	Harriet Quimby, full-length portrait, standing, in aviation costume] / Marceau, New York.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mrs. John H. McCooey, Jr., formerly Helen Willis Cornell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / Marceau Studios, New York.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.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	However, factories of chemical products abound in Faubourg Saint Marceau.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Marceau" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Marceau" is used about 5 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)	60%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	40%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Marceau" 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
Marceau	Last name	1,000	9,805
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expression using "Marceau": Marcel Marceau. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-m-r-u"
	-1 letter: camera.
	-2 letters: areca, aurae, cream, macer.
	-3 letters: acme, acre, area, arum, aura, came, care, cram, cure, ecru, maar, mace, marc, mare, mura, mure, race, ream, urea.
	-4 letters: ace, ama, amu, arc, are, arm, cam, car, cue, cum, cur, ear, eau, ecu, emu, era, mac, mae, mar, ram, rec, rem, rue, rum.
	-5 letters: aa, ae, am, ar, em, er, ma, me, mu, re, um.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-m-r-u"
	+3 letters: ambuscader, metacarpus, oceanarium, paramecium, unicameral.
	+4 letters: ambuscaders, candelabrum, emasculator, manufacture, matriculate, microfaunae, oceanariums, parameciums, scaramouche.
	+5 letters: alphanumeric, candelabrums, emasculators, extramusical, macronuclear, manufactured, manufacturer, manufactures, matriculated, matriculates, scaramouches, transhumance, unicamerally.
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