see also: March
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną, akin to Persian مرز, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-.
Nounmarch (plural marches)
- A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
- A political rally or parade
- Synonyms: protest, parade, rally
- Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
- Steady forward movement or progression.
- Synonyms: process, advancement, progression
- the march of time
- (euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
- démarche
- volksmarch
- French: défilé, manifestation
- German: Parade
- Italian: marcia
- Portuguese: passeata, marcha
- Russian: марш
- Spanish: marcha, manifestación
- French: marche
- German: Marsch, Marschmusik
- Italian: marcia
- Portuguese: marcha
- Russian: марш
- Spanish: marcha
march (marches, present participle marching; simple past and past participle marched)
- (intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
- (transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
- To go to war; to make military advances.
- (figurative) To make steady progress.
- French: marcher
- German: marschieren
- Italian: marciare
- Portuguese: marchar
- Russian: марширова́ть
- Spanish: marchar
- German: in den Krieg ziehen
- Portuguese: marchar
- Russian: марширова́ть
- Spanish: marchar
From Middle English marche, from Old French marche, from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-.
Nounmarch (plural marches)
- (now archaic, historical, often plural) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
- Synonyms: frontier, marchland, borderland
- (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
- Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
- Synonyms: county palatinate, county palatine
march (marches, present participle marching; simple past and past participle marched)
Etymology 3From Middle English merche, from Old English merċe, mereċe, from Proto-West Germanic *marik, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Nounmarch (plural marches)
- (obsolete) Smallage.
March
Etymology
From Middle English March, Marche, borrowed from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mensis Mārtius, from earlier Mavors.
Pronunciation Proper nounThe third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar. - Surname for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
- (uncommon) A male given name.
- A market town/and/cpar with a town council in Fenland (OS grid ref TL4196).
- A mun near Freiburg im Breisgau.
- An ucomm in Marshall County, Minnesota.
- An ucomm in Dallas County, Missouri, named after the month.
- French: mars
- German: März, (obsolete) Lenzing
- Italian: marzo
- Portuguese: março
- Russian: март
- Spanish: marzo
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