marquis
French, noun/maʁ.ki/
marquis is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-I-S (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marquis is a French masculine noun meaning “marquess (title of nobility)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Seigneur préposé à la garde des marches, des frontières d’un état”.
What does marquis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarquess (title of nobility)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Seigneur préposé à la garde des marches, des frontières d’un état. 2. Titre de dignité que l’on donnait à celui qui possédait une terre érigée en marquisat par lettre patente. 3. Simple titre de noblesse, plus haut qu'un comte et plus bas qu'un duc. 4. Chapeau à trois pointes, tricorne.
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 marquis
- marquise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marquis?
- /maʁ.ki/
- \maʁ.ki\
- [maʁ.ki]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marquis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marquis in French?
marquis appears 13 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).