marquess

English

Alternative forms

marquis

Etymology

See marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very rare in the English language in that it ends in -ess but is a masculine term. The title is granted only to males (the female equivalent is marchioness).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/

Noun

marquess (plural marquesses)

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Related terms

Translations

title of nobility

Arabic: مَرْكِيز‎ m (markīz)
Armenian: մարկիզ (hy) (markiz)
Belarusian: маркіз m (markíz)
Bulgarian: маркиз m (markíz)
Catalan: marquès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 侯爵 (zh) (hóujué)
Czech: markýz m
Dutch: markies (nl) m
Esperanto: markizo
Faroese: markgreivi m
Finnish: markiisi (fi)
French: marquis (fr) m
Middle French: marquis m, marchis m
German: Marquis (de) m, Markgraf (de) m
Greek: μαρκήσιος (el) m (markísios)
Hungarian: márki (hu), őrgróf (hu)
Icelandic: markgreifi m
Irish: marcas (ga) m

Italian: marchese (it) m
Japanese: 侯爵 (ja) (こうしゃく, kōshaku)
Khmer: ឧកញ៉ា (km) (okɲaa), ពញា (km) (pɲie)
Korean: 후작 (ko) (hujak) (侯爵 (ko))
Manchu: ᡥᡝᠣ (heo)
Macedonian: маркиз m (markíz)
Maori: mākuihi
Middle English: marquis, markis
Norman: martchis m
Old English: eorl m
Polish: markiz m
Portuguese: marquês (pt) m
Russian: марки́з (ru) m (markíz)
Slovene: markiz (sl) m
Spanish: marqués (es) m
Swedish: markis (sv) c, markgreve c
Tagalog: markes
Thai: มาร์ควิส
Ukrainian: маркіз m (markíz)
Vietnamese: hầu tước (侯爵)

Anagrams

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