Probably borrowed from Germanmarsch!, Frenchmarche!, or less likely, an irregular imperative form of marssia (compare seis < seistä).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
Rhymes: -ɑrs
Syllabification(key): mars
Interjection
mars!
march! (military command)
Further reading
“mars”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frenchmars, from Latin (mensis) mārtius.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /maʁs/
Rhymes: -aʁs
Noun
marsm (pluralmars)
March (month)
Derived terms
arriver comme mars en carême
grand mars
ides de mars
mi-mars
Descendants
Haitian Creole: mas
→ Iranian Persian: مارس(mârs)
→ South Azerbaijani: مارس(mars)
→ Tunisian Arabic: مارس(mārs)
See also
(Gregorian calendar months) mois du calendrier grégorien; janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre(Category: fr:Months)
Mars
Further reading
“mars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmar̥s/
Rhymes: -ar̥s
Homophone: Mars
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinmārtiī, genitive singular of mārtius(“relating to Mars”), from Mārs(“Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture”).
Noun
marsm (invariable, no plural)
March
Synonyms
marsmánuður
Derived terms
marsbyrjun
marsmánuður
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Danishmarch(“march”), from Frenchmarche(“walk, march”), of Frankish origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*merǵ-(“boundary, edge”).
march (musical piece such as is played while marching)
march (type of dance)
Declension
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchmars, from Middle Frenchmarcher(“to march, walk”), from Old Frenchmarchier(“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish*markōn(“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic*markōną(“area, region, edge, rim, border”), akin to Persianمرز(marz), from Proto-Indo-European*merǵ-(“edge, boundary”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈmars]
Hyphenation: mars
Noun
mars (pluralmars-mars, first-person possessivemarsku, second-person possessivemarsmu, third-person possessivemarsnya)
march:
a formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
any song in the genre of music written for marching.
Further reading
“mars” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Frenchmars.
Noun
mars
March
Middle English
Etymology
From Mars, borrowed from LatinMars. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.
Noun
mars (uncountable)
(rare) The blackish, magnetic metal susceptible to rust; iron.
Synonyms
iren
See also
Mars
References
“Mars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latinmārtius(“month of the god Mars”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɑrs/, [mɑʂ]
Rhymes: -ɑʂ
Noun
marsm (indeclinable)
March(third month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
(Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember(Category: no:Months)
References
“mars” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latinmārtius(“month of the god Mars”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɑrs/
Noun
marsm (indeclinable)
March(third month)
References
“mars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latinmārtius.
Noun
marsoblique singular, m (oblique pluralmars, nominative singularmars, nominative pluralmars)