marque

1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈmärk 

1

obsolete : reprisal, retaliation

2

: letters of marque

marque

2 of 2

noun (2)

: a brand or make of a product (such as a sports car)

Examples of marque in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

According to the German marque, the car likely would’ve gone a few seconds faster with the PDK dual-clutch transmission, but setting the manual-transmission record was part of the point. —Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025

The rest of the cars in the marque’s lineup, including the new F80, the Purosangue, and the 12Cilindri, will see prices go up but not more than 10 percent. —Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025

Hamilton’s arrival was expected to make Ferrari one of the teams to beat, but rather than closing the gap to McLaren, the Italian marque has fallen behind Mercedes and Red Bull. —Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

The Swedish marque has been in business with the chipmaker for several years now, integrating its compute solutions into its cars for advanced safety features. —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan marca, from marcar to mark, seize as pledge, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcōn to mark

Noun (2)

French, mark, brand, from Middle French, from marquer to mark, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcōn to mark

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1906, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing marque

• letters of marque

Rhymes for marque

• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark
• marc
• mark
• narc
• quark
• shark