marc
/mɑɹk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).
name
A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.
name
Abbreviation of machine-readable cataloging; a set of digital standards.
Example Sentences
- "There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables."
- "The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance."
- "ISO 639-3 is a comprehensive list of nearly 8,000 three-letter codes for individual languages that expands on ISO 639-2. ISO 639-2 includes the same languages as the MARC language codes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑɹk/
- British English: /mɑːk/