different between matcher vs marcher

English

Etymology

match +? -er

Noun

matcher (plural matchers)

1. Something that matches.

   There are multiple sets of matchers for various types of searches.

Anagrams

• marchet, rematch

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

matcher

1. present of matche

Swedish

Noun

matcher

1. indefinite plural of match

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??t??/
• Hyphenation: march?er
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)

Etymology 1

Middle English marche; from Anglo-Norman and Old French. Akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (marka, “boundary”).

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

1. (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
2. (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 42:

     Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

march +? -er.

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

1. One who marches; one who participates in a march.

Derived terms

• hunger marcher
• peace marcher

References

Anagrams

• charmer

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *mark?n, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *merg-, *mar?- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cf. also marquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?.?e/
• Homophones: marché, marchés

Verb

marcher

1. to walk

   Synonym: aller

2. to travel; to move; to march

   Synonyms: avancer, déplacer, mouvoir

3. (figuratively) to work, to function

   Synonym: fonctionner

4. to step

5. to cooperate

6. (intransitive) to believe

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• marche
• marchepied
• marcheur

Descendants

• ? Catalan: marxar
• ? German: marschieren
• ? Spanish: marchar

See also

• border
• côtoyer
• courir
• longer
• promener

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• charmer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French marchier.

Verb

marcher

1. to walk (travel on foot)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Romanian

Etymology

From French marqueur.

Noun

marcher m (plural marcheri)

1. marker, scorer

Declension