different between masque vs marque

English

Alternative forms

• mask

Etymology

Borrowed from French masque.

Pronunciation

• (General American, UK) IPA^(key): /mæsk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??sk/
• Rhymes: -æsk, -??sk
• Homophones: mask, masc (some accents)

Noun

masque (plural masques)

1. (archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
2. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
3. (archaic) A masquerade.
4. Archaic form of mask.
5. A facial mask.

   mud masque; clay masque

Verb

masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)

1. Archaic form of mask.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]

     It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.

See also

• masque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• squame

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maschera. More at English mask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mask/

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

1. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
2. Short for masque de grossesse.

Derived terms

• bas les masques
• masque à gaz
• masque à oxygène
• masque-cheval
• masque chirurgical
• masque de grossesse
• masque de plongée
• masque de nuit

Related terms

• démasquer
• masquer

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Further reading

• “masque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maschera.

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

1. mask (covering for the face)

Descendants

• French: masque (see there for further descendants)
• ? English: mask

References

Portuguese

Verb

masque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mascar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mascar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mascar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mascar

Spanish

Verb

masque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mascar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)k/
• Homophones: mark, Mark

Noun

marque (plural marques)

1. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
2. A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
3. A ship commissioned for making captures.

Translations

French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mark?. Or from marquer, from Frankish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?k/

Noun

marque f (plural marques)

1. mark (spot)
2. brand (of a company)
3. mark (on one's body, e.g. a birthmark)

Derived terms

See also

• signe

Verb

marque

1. first-person singular present indicative of marquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of marquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of marquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of marquer
5. second-person singular imperative of marquer

Further reading

• “marque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

marque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of marcar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of marcar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of marcar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of marcar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?ke/, [?ma?.ke]

Verb

marque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of marcar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of marcar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of marcar.