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marc en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /mɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /mɑɹk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
2. (uncountable, usually) An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
   • There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables. 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298:
   • The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60:

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Translations (9)

it sansa (refuse matter) · de Trester (refuse matter) · tr cibre (refuse matter) · ca brisa (refuse matter) · fr marc (refuse matter) · it vinaccia (refuse matter) · bg джибри (refuse matter) · ota جبره (refuse matter) · es hollejo (refuse matter)

marc en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /mɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /mɑɹk/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).
   alt of mark

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