different between marques vs marquee

English

Noun

marques

1. plural of marque

Anagrams

• masquer

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?mar.k?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma?.kes/

Noun

marques

1. plural of marca

Verb

marques

1. second-person singular present indicative form of marcar

French

Noun

marques f

1. plural of marque

Verb

marques

1. second-person singular present indicative of marquer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of marquer

Anagrams

• masquer

Portuguese

Verb

marques

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of marcar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of marcar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?kes/, [?ma?.kes]

Verb

marques

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of marcar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of marcar.

English

Etymology

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)?ki?/

Noun

marquee (plural marquees)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
2. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
3. (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.

   Synonyms: chase lights, chaser lights

4. (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
5. (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

   Synonym: marching ants

Translations

Adjective

marquee (not comparable)

1. Most famous; preeminent.

Verb

marquee (third-person singular simple present marquees, present participle marqueeing, simple past and past participle marqueed)

1. (graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.

Further reading

• marquee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia