: a brand or make of a product (such as a sports car)
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The car that would become the Riviera started life as an F variant from 2006 that was returned to the marque’s Italian factory 11 years later so that it could be converted into one of its one-off 760-series builds.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025 Chery also rolled out its Jaecoo marque earlier in January and Omoda brand in Britain last year.—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 Appleton Estate, where Wray & Nephew 17 is said to have been produced, released a one-off recreation using the identical marques, or distillates, in 2023.—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 During this period, the German marque served as an F1 engine supplier for Williams.—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for marque
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
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