marquês

See also: marques, Marques, marqués, and marquès

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marques, from Old Spanish marques (Modern Spanish marqués), from Old Occitan marques, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈke(j)s/ [mahˈke(ɪ̯)s]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈke(j)s/ [maɾˈke(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈke(j)ʃ/ [maχˈke(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻˈke(j)s/ [maɻˈke(ɪ̯)s]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈkeʃ/

Hyphenation: mar‧quês

Noun

marquês m (plural marqueses, feminine marquesa, feminine plural marquesas)

marquis