marc
UK/mɑːk/US/mɑɹk/
marc noun: the refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed. Also the alternative form of mark.
Noun
marc (usually uncountable, plural marcs)
- The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
- An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
- There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298
- 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.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60
Proper noun (1) capitalized: MARC
MARC
- Abbreviation of machine-readable cataloging; a set of digital standards.
- 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.2023 January 12 [2022 November 22], “Guidelines for the use of ISO 639-3 language codes in MARC records”, in Library of Congress, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025, page 1
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Marc
Marc (plural Marcs)
- A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.
Also used as
marc is also the alternative form of mark.
Examples of marc in a sentence
- Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
- Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.
- MARC JACOBS is the Michael Bloomberg of the West Village and also its Sam Walton.
Forms of marc
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | marcs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Marcs |
Origin of marc
From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).
Borrowed from French Marc, from Latin Marcus.
Words that rhyme with marc
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Questions about marc
- What does marc mean?
- Marc means the refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
- What part of speech is marc?
- Marc can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce marc?
- Marc is pronounced /mɑːk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of marc?
- The plural of marc is marcs.
Words near marc in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marc (page history and authors); MARC (page history and authors); Marc (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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