different between viscount vs marquis

English

Alternative forms

• V (symbol)
• Vis., Visc. (abbreviations)
• Visct, Vte (contractions)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?ka?nt/
• enPR: v??kount

Noun

viscount (plural viscounts, feminine viscountess)

1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

Translations

See also

• (female form or wife): viscountess
• (adjectival form): vicontiel
• (related titles): baron, don, duke, earl, lord, marquess, prince
• viscountcy
• viscounty

Further reading

• viscount on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vicounts

English

Alternative forms

• marquess

Etymology

From French marquis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *mark?, from Proto-Indo-European *mar?- (“edge, boundary”).

Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??.kw?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??.?ki/, /?m??.kw?s/
• (General American, for the plural spelled marquis) IPA^(key): /m??.?kiz/

Noun

marquis (plural marquises or marquis)

1. A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona.

Derived terms

• marchioness
• marquee
• marquisate

Translations

Anagrams

• asquirm

Catalan

Verb

marquis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of marcar

French

Etymology

Old French marchis, from the same origin as marcher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?.ki/

Noun

marquis m (plural marquis, feminine marquise)

1. marquess (title of nobility)

Further reading

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