marc
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- Letters
- 4
/mɑːk/
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/mɑːk/ · /mɑɹk/
Definition of marc
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
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noun
- (uncountable, usually)The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
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(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.”
“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.”
- (alt-of, alternative, historical, uncommon)Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).
name
- A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.
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(abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of machine-readable cataloging; a set of digital standards.
“ISO 639-3 is a comprehensive list of nearly 8,000 three-letter codes for individual languages that expands on ISO 639-2. ISO 639-2 includes the same languages as the MARC language codes.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).
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