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marquer.

to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/maʁ.ke/
  1. to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something)

    transitive
    Marquer le papier.
  2. to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder)

    transitive
    Marquer la page dans le livre
  3. to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark)

    transitive
    Marquer la peau avec du fer chaud.
  4. to mark (to feature as a highlight of something)

    transitive
    Ce projet va marquer l'avenir de la firme.
  5. to score (e.g. a point or a goal)

    transitive
    Vous devez marquer trois buts si vous voulez gagner.
Where this word comes from

From Middle French marquer (15th c.), from northern Old French merchier, merquer, denominal from merc (“sign”), from Old Norse merki. The -a- may be due to a general variation in Middle French, but was likely reinforced by Italian marcare (13th c.), which is derived from Latin marca, from a confluence of Proto-West Germanic *mark and *marku, both related with the Old Norse above. Latin marca is also the source of French marche (“frontier”).

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