Complete Definition of "Mark"

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English
Pronunciation
RP IPA|/m��(r)k/, SAMPA|/mA:(r)k/
w:Australian English phonology|AusE? IPA|/ma�k/, SAMPA|/ma:k/
w:General American|GenAm? IPA|/m�rk/, SAMPA|/mArk/
rhymes|��(r)k
Homophone: mark

Etymology
L. praenomen Marcus, derived from Mars, the Roman god of war, originally Mavors, from *M�wort-.

Proper noun
en-proper noun
book of the Bible|Gospel of Mark

  1. given name|male. Jocular diminutive: Marky.
  2. biblical w:Mark the Evangelist|Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, first patriarch of Alexandria and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
  3. biblical The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

Translations
trans-top|male given name
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܡܪܩ�ܣ (Marq�s)
:Hebrew: �רק�ס (Marq�s)
Catalan: Marc#Catalan|Marc m
Czech: Marek#Czech|Marek m
Danish: Marcus, Markus
Finnish: Markus, Markku
Dutch: Mark m
French: Marc#French|Marc m
Hungarian: Márk
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Icelandic: Markús m
Italian: Marco#Italian|Marco m
Latin: Marcus m
Polish: Marek m
Russian: �а�к (Mark)
Slovene: Marko
Spanish: Marcos m
Swedish: Markus
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trans-top|the Evangelist
Danish: Markus
Finnish: Markus
German: Markus
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Norwegian: Markus
Swedish: Markus
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trans-top|book of the Bible
Japanese: ��������� (maruko ni yoro fukuinsho)
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Derived terms
Markan

Related terms
Marcel
Marcia
Marcus
Martin

See also
Markisha


Danish

Proper noun
Mark

  1. given name|male||da: borrowed from English, or short for Markvard.

Dutch

Proper noun
Mark

  1. given name|male||nl:, cognate to English Mark.

German

Etymology 1
Middle High German

Noun
Mark f

  1. mark (former currency),

#* 1 Mark = 100 Pfennig(e)

Derived terms

Courantmark
Deutsche Mark
Estnische Mark
Finnische Mark
Goldmark
Konvertible Mark
Mark Banco
mid
Ostmark
Papiermark
Polnische Mark
Reichsmark
Rentenmark
Silbermark

Category:de:Currency

Etymology 2
Old High German marcha

Noun
Mark f

  1. A usually fortified area along the border; marches.

Proper noun
Mark

  1. given name|male||de:, short form of compound names beginning with the Germanic element mark "area along the border", such as Markolf and Markward.

Synonyms
an area along the border
Grenzmark

Etymology 3
Old High German marg

Noun
Mark n

  1. marrow
  2. pith

Etymology 4
Latin Marcus

Proper noun
Mark

  1. given name|male||de:, a German variant of Markus, or borrowed from English.

Category:German nouns

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