el
masculine
/maɾˈkes/
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Translation
marquis
Word origin
Originally a nobleman in charge of a march or border region, from marca ('frontier'), a word of Germanic origin. The same root lies behind English 'marquis' and 'march' (a border territory).
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- marca
- English cognates
- marquis
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralmarqueses
Examples
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The marquis lived in an old castle.
concedió leal .
The king granted the title of marquis to his loyal friend.
novela dieciocho.
The novel tells the life of an eighteenth-century marquis.
¿ ?
Did you know that man is a real marquis?
ceremonia.
The marquis and his wife attended the ceremony.
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