mars

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

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mars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

mars

1. plural of mar

• ARMs, ASMR, ASRM, M.R.A.S., MRAs, MRSA, MSAR, Masr, RAMs, Rams, SARM, SRAM, arms, mas'r, rams, rasm

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin martius (“March”).

mars m (definite marsi)

1. March

• (Gregorian calendar months) muaj; janar, shkurt, mars, prill, maj, qershor, korrik, gusht, shtator, tetor, nëntor, dhjetor ^{(Category: sq:Months)}

• march

From English March.

• IPA^(key): /mars/

mars (Bengali script মার্স)

1. March

• choi•etja

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

From Persian مارس (mârs).

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mars (definite accusative marsı, plural marslar)

1. (backgammon) gammon (a game in which one player removes all his checkers before his opponent can remove any, and counted as a double win)

   Marsdan qaçan oyunu aparar!

   One who [manages to] escape the gammon will win the game!

mars

1. plural of mar

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/

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• Hyphenation: mars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs

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mars m (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)

1. march

• dagmars
• opmars

• marcheren

• → Indonesian: mars
• → Papiamentu: mars

mars

1. march! (military command)

   Voorwaarts, mars! ― Forward, march!

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mars f (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)

1. basket (usually worn on the back like a rucksack)
2. (nautical) the platform at the top of the lower mast of a sailing ship.

• marskramer
• marszeil

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mars f (plural marsen, diminutive marsje n)

1. (Suriname, vulgar) ass, arse
   • 2018, Killer Kamal (lyrics and music), “Natuur”:

     Ik tjap die beats als marsepein / verkracht die beats anaal, doe hun marsen pijn

     I devour beats like marzipan / rape beats anally, hurt their anuses

   • 2020 September 9, Rasit Elibol, “‘Laat ze me mars eten’ [Let them kiss my ass]”, in De Groene Amsterdammer‎, retrieved 30 July 2021:

     ‘Eerst hebben ze ons geleerd dat het slecht was om je eigen taal te spreken! Dan nu aksepteren zij als eerste diezelfde taalinvloeden! Laat ze me mars eten.’

     'First they taught us that it was bad to speak your own language! Yet now they are the first to accept the same linguistic influences! Let them kiss my ass.'

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mars m

1. March (month of the Gregorian calendar)

• (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: fo:Months)}

Probably borrowed from German marsch!, French marche!, or less likely, an irregular imperative form of marssia (compare seis < seistä).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Syllabification^(key): mars

mars!

1. march! (military command)

• “mars”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Inherited from Old French mars, from Latin (mensis) mārtius.

• IPA^(key): /maʁs/

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• Rhymes: -aʁs

mars m (plural mars)

1. March (month)

• arriver comme mars en carême
• grand mars
• ides de mars
• mi-mars

• Haitian Creole: mas
• → Iranian Persian: مارس (mârs)
• → South Azerbaijani: مارس (mars)
• → Tunisian Arabic: مارس (mārs)

• (Gregorian calendar months) mois du calendrier grégorien; janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre ^{(Category: fr:Gregorian calendar months)}
• Mars

• “mars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar̥s/

  Rhymes: -ar̥s

  Homophone: Mars

Borrowed from Latin mārtiī, genitive singular of mārtius (“relating to Mars”), from Mārs (“Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture”).

mars m (invariable, no plural)

1. March

• marsmánuður

• marsbyrjun
• marsmánuður

Borrowed from Danish march (“march”), from French marche (“walk, march”), of Frankish origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“boundary, edge”).

mars m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marsar)

1. march (musical piece such as is played while marching)
2. march (type of dance)

From Dutch mars, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“area, region, edge, rim, border”), akin to Persian مرز (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmars]
• Hyphenation: mars

mars (plural mars-mars, first-person possessive marsku, second-person possessive marsmu, third-person possessive marsnya)

1. march:
   1. a formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
   2. any song in the genre of music written for marching.

• “mars” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From French mars.

mars

1. March

From Mars, borrowed from Latin Mars. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

mars (uncountable)

1. (rare) The blackish, magnetic metal susceptible to rust; iron.
   • 1475, The Book of Quintessence:

     In þat wiyn or watir ȝe quenche mars manye tymes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• iren

• Mars

• “Mars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/, [mɑʂ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʂ

mars m (indeclinable)

1. March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months)}

• “mars” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/

mars m (indeclinable)

1. March (third month)

• “mars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin mārtius.

mars oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural mars)

1. March (month)

• Anglo-Norman: marche
  • → Middle English: March, Marche, Mersh, Mearch, Marz, Mars, Marce
    • English: March (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Mairch
• Middle French: mars
  • French: mars
    • Haitian Creole: mas
    • → Iranian Persian: مارس (mârs)
    • → South Azerbaijani: مارس (mars)
    • → Tunisian Arabic: مارس (mārs)
• Norman: mar, mâr
• Walloon: måss

see marc

mars m

1. oblique plural of marc
2. nominative singular of marc

mars

1. genitive singular of marr

• marz (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

From Latin mārtius (“of March”).

mars m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) March

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʂː/

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mars c

1. March (month)

• ugglemånad
• vårmånad

• marsmånad
• marsmånaden (definite form for mars)

• arms, rams

From mare +‎ -s, from the 2010s. Popularized by the talk show of the same name.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾs/, [ˈmaɹs]

mars (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. (slang) Alternative form of mare

• bes
• pards