marquise

See also: Marquise

English
tanzanite marquise (sense 3)
The marquise (sense 4) of Brasserie des Brotteaux.
A chocolate marquise (sense 6).

Etymology

Borrowed from French marquise.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiːz/

Noun

marquise (plural marquises)

  1. (chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.
    Synonym: marchioness
    • 2009 February 14, Emine Saner, “'She was a mass of contradictions - we all are'”, in The Guardian‎:
      In 1986, she appeared in the stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuse opposite Alan Rickman, playing the manipulative marquise whose icy demeanour seems to have clung to Duncan's image like frost ever since, even though it is so at odds with her warmth in person.
  2. A marquee.
  3. (jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
  4. (architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  5. (historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
  6. (cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Feminine of marquis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʁ.kiz/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

  1. marchioness (a member of foreign nobility)
  2. (by extension) a type of finger-ring
  3. (architecture) awning, marquee (projecting canopy over an entrance)
    Synonym: auvent

Descendants

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French marquise.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maʁˈki.zi/ [mahˈki.zi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maɾˈki.zi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʁˈki.zi/ [maχˈki.zi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maɻˈki.ze/

  • Hyphenation: mar‧qui‧se

Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

  1. (Portugal, architecture) a glass veranda
    Synonym: marquesa
  2. (Brazil, architecture) canopy (overhanging or projecting roof structure)
    Synonyms: alpendre, telheiro

References
  1. “marquise” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “marquise” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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