mars

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English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Verb

mars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

Noun

mars

1. plural of mar

Anagrams

• ARMs, ASMR, ASRM, M.R.A.S., MRAs, MRSA, MSAR, Masr, RAMs, Rams, SARM, SRAM, arms, mas'r, rams, rasm

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin martius (“March”).

Noun

mars m (definite marsi)

1. March

Declension

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) muaj; janar, shkurt, mars, prill, maj, qershor, korrik, gusht, shtator, tetor, nëntor, dhjetor ^{(Category: sq:Months)}

Atong (India)

Alternative forms

• march

Etymology

From English March.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/

Noun

mars (Bengali script মার্স)

1. March

Synonyms

• choi•etja

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian مارس (mârs).

Pronunciation

Noun

mars (definite accusative marsı, plural marslar)

1. (backgammon) gammon (a game in which one player removes all his checkers before his opponent can remove any, and counted as a double win)

Declension

Catalan

Noun

mars

1. plural of mar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/
• Hyphenation: mars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs

Etymology 1

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Noun

mars m (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)

1. march

Derived terms

• dagmars
• opmars

Related terms

• marcheren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: mars
• → Papiamentu: mars

Interjection

mars

1. march! (military command)

   Voorwaarts, mars! ― Forward, march!

Etymology 2

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Noun

mars f (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)

1. basket (usually worn on the back like a rucksack)
2. (nautical) the platform at the top of the lower mast of a sailing ship.

Related terms

• marskramer
• marszeil

Etymology 3

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Noun

mars f (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)

1. (Suriname, vulgar) ass, arse

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

mars m

1. March (month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: fo:Months)}

Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German marsch!, French marche!, or less likely, an irregular imperative form of marssia (compare seis < seistä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Syllabification^(key): mars

Interjection

mars!

1. march! (military command)

Further reading

• “mars”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mars, from Latin (mensis) mārtius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁs/
• Rhymes: -aʁs

Noun

mars m (plural mars)

1. March (month)

Derived terms

• arriver comme mars en carême
• grand mars
• ides de mars
• mi-mars

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: mas
• → Iranian Persian: مارس (mârs)
• → South Azerbaijani: مارس (mars)
• → Tunisian Arabic: مارس (mārs)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mois du calendrier grégorien; janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre ^{(Category: fr:Months)}
• Mars

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar̥s/

  Rhymes: -ar̥s

  Homophone: Mars

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mārtiī, genitive singular of mārtius (“relating to Mars”), from Mārs (“Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture”).

Noun

mars m (invariable, no plural)

1. March

Synonyms

• marsmánuður

Derived terms

• marsbyrjun
• marsmánuður

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish march (“march”), from French marche (“walk, march”), of Frankish origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“boundary, edge”).

Noun

mars m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marsar)

1. march (musical piece such as is played while marching)
2. march (type of dance)

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mars, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“area, region, edge, rim, border”), akin to Persian مرز (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmars]
• Hyphenation: mars

Noun

mars (plural mars-mars, first-person possessive marsku, second-person possessive marsmu, third-person possessive marsnya)

1. march:
   1. a formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
   2. any song in the genre of music written for marching.

Further reading

• “mars” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French mars.

Noun

mars

1. March

Middle English

Etymology

From Mars, borrowed from Latin Mars. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

Noun

mars (uncountable)

1. (rare) The blackish, magnetic metal susceptible to rust; iron.

Synonyms

• iren

See also

• Mars

References

• “Mars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/, [mɑʂ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʂ

Noun

mars m (indeclinable)

1. March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months)}

References

• “mars” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/

Noun

mars m (indeclinable)

1. March (third month)

References

• “mars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin mārtius.

Noun

mars oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural mars)

1. March (month)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: marche
  • → Middle English: March, Marche, Mersh, Mearch, Marz, Mars, Marce
    • English: March (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Mairch
• Middle French: mars
  • French: mars
    • Haitian Creole: mas
    • → Iranian Persian: مارس (mârs)
    • → South Azerbaijani: مارس (mars)
    • → Tunisian Arabic: مارس (mārs)
• Norman: mar, mâr
• Walloon: måss

Etymology 2

see marc

Noun

mars m

1. oblique plural of marc
2. nominative singular of marc

Old Norse

Noun

mars

1. genitive singular of marr

Romansch

Alternative forms

• marz (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin mārtius (“of March”).

Proper noun

mars m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) March

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʂː/

Noun

mars c

1. March (month)

Synonyms

• ugglemånad
• vårmånad

Derived terms

• marsmånad
• marsmånaden (definite form for mars)

Anagrams

• arms, rams

Tagalog

Etymology

From mare +‎ -s, from the 2010s. Popularized by the talk show of the same name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾs/, [ˈmaɹs]

Noun

mars (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. (slang) Alternative form of mare

See also

• bes
• pards