marc
French, noun/maʁ/
marc is spelled M-A-R-C (4 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marc is a French masculine noun meaning “pomace, marc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Résidu des fruits dont on a extrait le suc”.
What does marc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepomace, marc
- 2
masculinegrounds (e.g. from coffee)
noun
- 1
masculinea weight, especially of gold and silver, equivalent to ca. 245 grams
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Résidu des fruits dont on a extrait le suc. 2. Eau-de-vie obtenue en distillant du marc de raisin. 3. Résidu obtenu après décoction, infusion ou macération de diverses substances.
noun: 1. Unité de mesure utilisée avant la réforme métrique pour peser les métaux précieux, et valant la moitié de la livre de Paris ou huit onces, soit 244,753 grammes. 2. Poids matériel correspondant à cette unité. 3. Unité de pressurage en Champagne, soit 4 000 kg de raisins. 4. Mark, unité monétaire des pays germaniques valant cent pfennigs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of marc
- marcs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marc?
- /maʁ/
- /maʁk/
- \maʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marc in French?
marc appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).