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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English March(e) < Anglo-French Marche < Old French marz < Latin Martius (month of the god Mars) < earlier Mavors .

Etymology 2

From Middle French marcher (to march, walk) < Old French marchier (to stride, march, trample), perhaps from Frankish *markon (to mark, press with the foot) < Proto-Germanic *marko < Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (edge, boundary).

Etymology 3

From Middle English marche (tract of land along a country's border) < Old English mearc , merc < Old French marche (boundary, frontier) < Frankish *marka < Proto-Germanic *marko < Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (edge, boundary).

Pronunciation

  • IPA /mɑːtʃ/
  • SAMPA : /mA:tS/

Noun

Month of the year: March

  1. The third month of the Gregorian calendar, having 31 days.

Translations

Noun

march

  1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
  2. a political rally or parade
  3. any song in the genre of music written for marching (see )

Translations

  • Breton: kan-bale m, kanoù-bale pl
  • Bulgarian: марш (marš) m, маршируване (marširuvane) n
  • Czech: pochod m
  • Dutch: mars
  • Estonian: marss
  • Finnish: marssi
  • German: Marsch m, Märsche pl
  • Hebrew: צעדה (tsə’adah) f
  • Italian: marcia
  • Lithuanian: maršas m
  • Neapolitan: ammarcia f
  • Polish: marsz
  • Portuguese: marcha
  • Slovak: pochod m
  • Swedish: marsch c
  • Tagalog: martsa

Verb

to march

  1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
  2. To go to war; to make military advances.

Translations

  • Breton: bale (1); bale war (2)
  • Bulgarian: марширувам (marširuvam)
  • Catalan: marxar
  • Czech: pochodovat
  • Dutch: marcheren
  • Estonian: marssima
  • Finnish: marssia
  • German: marschieren (1); in den Krieg ziehen (2)
  • Hebrew: צעד (tsa’ad)
  • Italian: marciare
  • Lithuanian: žygiuoti (1,2), maršuoti (1)
  • Polish: maszerować
  • Portuguese: marchar
  • Romanian: marşa
  • Slovak: pochodovať
  • Spanish: marchar
  • Swedish: marschera
  • Tagalog: martsa

Noun

march

  1. (obsolete) A boundary, frontier.
  2. an area or region at a frontier, governed by a marquess

Translations

  • Breton: marz m, marzoù pl
  • Bulgarian: граница (granítsa) f
  • Czech: pomezí n
  • Estonian: mark
  • German: Mark f, Marken pl (obsolete)
  • Italian: marca f (1,2)
  • Lithuanian: marka f (2)
  • Neapolitan: mierco m (1,2)
  • Polish: rubierz
  • Romanian: marş n
  • Slovak: pomedzie n

Related terms

  • marquess
  • marchioness
  • marquis
  • marquisate



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