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Definition: Marque |
MarqueNoun1. A name given to a product or service. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "marque" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Marque \Marque\, noun. [French expression marque, in lettre de marque letter of marque, commission with which the commandant of every armed vessel was obliged to be provided, under penalty of being considered pirate or corsair; marque here probably meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque being permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See March border.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Marque" is a common misspelling or typo for: marquee, masque. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Marque (See Letters Of ...). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: MarqueSynonyms: brand (n), brand name (n), trade name (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Stealing | Piracy, privateering, buccaneering; license to plunder, letters of marque, letters of mark and reprisal. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Marque |
| English words defined with "marque": letter of marque, letters of marque. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "marque": marquetry. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Marque" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (blaze, blot, brand, evidence, hall mark, impress, imprint, indentation, kind, label, make, Mark, pit, score, sign, smudge, spot, stain, stamp, tag, tick, token, type). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Marque tres cifras (1965) Le Marque de Zorro (1975) | |
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US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. (reference) |
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| "Marque" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Marque" is used about 26 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 (singular) | 96.15% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "marque" 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 |
| Marque | Last name | 100 | 81,495 |
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Expressions using "marque": La Marque ♦ letter of marque ♦ letters of marque ♦ Letters of marque and reprisal. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
marque | 75 | dpt europe france marque | 7 |
la marque tx | 47 | grand marque | 7 |
marque marriott | 28 | la marque city | 7 |
isd la marque | 22 | de marque mode | 7 |
marque de sade | 20 | dpt marque | 6 |
la marque texas | 18 | marriott marque new york | 6 |
marque renouvellement | 18 | marque place | 6 |
houston marque | 16 | avenue marque | 6 |
dépôt europe france marque | 13 | la marque proteger | 6 |
dépôt international marque | 13 | marque theater | 5 |
déposer marque | 11 | marque nf | 5 |
la marque | 10 | district independent la marque school | 5 |
dépôt marque | 10 | marque nf officiel site | 5 |
letter of marque | 10 | dpt international marque | 5 |
mercury grand marque | 10 | ambulance marque | 5 |
marque page | 10 | cinema marque | 5 |
la marque high school | 8 | ecirctements marque v | 5 |
preserver la marque | 8 | marque nf site | 5 |
edwards marque | 8 | protection marque | 5 |
de marque skate | 7 | protéger la marque | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "marque"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | каперÑтво, капер (captor, privateer). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | lettres de représailles (letters of marque and reprisal), lettre de marque (letters of marque). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | marke (badge, bench mark, brand, brand name, check, chip, code, coupon, disk, index, label, landmark, make, Mark, marker, record, secret code, spot, stamp, strobe, tag, ticket, token, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename, voucher). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | άδεια κατασχÎσεωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | keint (class, ilk, kind, make), cowrey (attribute, badge, beacon, brand, caret, character, check, denotation, emblem, evidence, feature, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, mark, motion, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, token, trace, wealth). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | arquemay korsanlık fermanı (letters of marque). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old Provençal | 900-1500 | marca. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "marque": marquee, marquees, marques, marquess, marquessate, marquessates, marquesses, marqueterie, marqueteries, marquetries, marquetry. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "marque": remarque. (additional references) | |
Words containing "marque": remarques. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "marque" (pronounced mÄ"rk) |
| 4 | m Ä" r k | demark, Marc, Mark, remark. |
| 3 | -Ä" r k | arc, ark, bark, dark, disembark, embark, hark, lark, Narc, Park, quark, Sark, shark, spark, stark. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-q-r-u" | |
-1 letter: quare. | |
-2 letters: arum, mare, mura, mure, ream, urea. | |
-3 letters: amu, are, arm, ear, eau, emu, era, mae, mar, qua, ram, rem, rue, rum. | |
-4 letters: ae, am, ar, em, er, ma, me, mu, re, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: marquee, marques, masquer. | |
+2 letters: marquees, marquess, marquise, masquers, quagmire, qualmier, ramequin, remarque. | |
+3 letters: equimolar, marquetry, marquises, quagmires, quarrymen, ramequins, remarques. | |
+4 letters: aquamarine, lambrequin, marquesses, marquisate, masquerade, microquake, quagmirier, quizmaster, semiquaver. | |
+5 letters: acquirement, aquamarines, lambrequins, marquessate, marqueterie, marquetries, marquisates, marquisette, masqueraded, masquerader, masquerades, microquakes, quadrennium, quagmiriest, quarrelsome, quizmasters, semiquavers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 71 75 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. --.- ..- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01110001 01110101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r q u e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 0071 0075 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476784838771 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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