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Definition: Marquee |
MarqueeNoun1. Large and often sumptuous tent. 2. Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "marquee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Etymology: Marquee \Mar*quee"\, noun. [French expression marquise, misunderstood as plural; probably originally, tent of the marchioness. See Marquis.]. (references) |
Synonyms: MarqueeSynonyms: marquise (n), pavilion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Noun: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield; (defense). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Marquee |
| English words defined with "marquee": Markee. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "marquee": marquise. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Elderly man in ragged clothes playing violin amid well dressed crowd in front of Carnegie Hall marquee advertising Fritz Kreisler, violinist] / Reginald Marsh. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Loew's State Theater. Entrance with lighted marquee. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New York City views. Times Square, Globe marquee. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Old theater marquee" by Marcus Buckner Commentary: "An old movie theater marquee in downtown Batesville, Arkansas." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Marquee" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.92% of the time. "Marquee" is used about 192 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) | 97.92% | 188 | 22,417 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.08% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 192 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "marquee": circus marquee. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "marquee": marquee-like. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "marquee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tendë (awning, Bower, canonry, canopy, hovel, pavilion, shade, summerhouse, sun blind, sunshade, tent, tilt), çadër (canopy, tent, umbel, umbrella). (various references) | |
Arabic | سرادق (canopy, pavilion), خيمة كبيرة, خيمة سيرك, إفريز (cornice, eaves, frieze). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | голяма палатка (big top), навес (awning, bulkhead, canopy, hovel, outbuilding, penthouse, shed, shelter, stoop, tilt), маркиза (marchioness, marquise). (various references) | |
Chinese | 大门罩. (various references) | |
Czech | markýza (awning, marchioness, sun blind), stan (tent). (various references) | |
Danish | markedstelt. (various references) | |
Dutch | markttent. (various references) | |
Farsi | چادربزرگ , سایبان (Bower, Canopy, Hovel, Parasol, Sunshade, Umbrella), خیمه بزرگ , اسمانه . (various references) | |
Finnish | teltta (tent). (various references) | |
French | marquise (marchioness, marquise), tente foraine, grande tente, chapiteau, auvent. (various references) | |
German | Zelt (big top, canopy, pavilion, teepee, tent, wigwam), Markise (awning, blind, canopy, penthouse, shade, shed, sun blind, sunblind, sunshade). (various references) | |
Greek | σκηνή για περιοδεύοντα θεάματα, στέγη εισόδου, τέντα εισόδου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אוהל גדול (big top), אפריון (canopy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | védõtetõ (penthouse), sátor (booth, tent). (various references) | |
Italian | tendone (big top), tenda foranea, grande tenda. (various references) | |
Manx | paalan buillvollee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arqueemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | marquesinha, toldo de barraca, tenda grande, tenda de feira. (various references) | |
Romanian | marchizã (awning, marchioness, marquess, marquise, porch roof, tambour), cort mare. (various references) | |
Russian | шатер (tabernacle), большая палатка (big top, circus tent). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veliki šator, nadstrešnica (awning, eaves). (various references) | |
Spanish | marquesina (awning, glass canopy, roof), toldo de feria, tienda grande. (various references) | |
Swedish | markis (awning, marquess, marquis, sun blind, sunblind, sunshade), tält (booth, tent), stort tält (pavilion). (various references) | |
Turkish | tente (awning, canopy, sun blind, tarp, tarpaulin, tester, tilt), otağ, büyük çadır (pavilion). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шатро (canvas, tabernacle), великий намет. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lều to. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "marquee": marquees. (additional references) | |
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"Marquee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arque, caraque, darique, maque, maquerel, Maquio, Maraqueo, Marauke, margee, marguee, Markeen, marqee, marque, marquer, marquet, marquetery, marqui, Marquin, merauke, meruere, mmarquee, muriqui, Sariquey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "marquee" (pronounced mÄrkē") |
| 3 | -r k ē" | marquis. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-q-r-u" | |
-1 letter: marque, quaere. | |
-2 letters: ameer, quare, queer, ramee. | |
-3 letters: arum, emeu, mare, mere, mura, mure, ream, urea. | |
-4 letters: amu, are, arm, ear, eau, eme, emu, era, ere, mae, mar, qua, ram, ree, rem, rue, rum. | |
-5 letters: ae, am, ar, em, er, ma, me, mu, re, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: marquees, remarque. | |
+2 letters: remarques. | |
+3 letters: marquesses, masquerade, semiquaver. | |
+4 letters: acquirement, marquessate, marqueterie, marquetries, marquisette, masqueraded, masquerader, masquerades, quarrelsome, semiquavers. | |
+5 letters: acquirements, marquessates, marqueteries, marquisettes, masqueraders. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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