Mars

See also: mars and marš

English

Mars astronomical symbol
Mars (planet)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹz/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)z

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Mars (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 BCE) Māvors. 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 (mamers) was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris.

Proper noun

Mars

  1. (astronomy) The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂
    Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.
  2. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of war.
    Synonym: Ares
    Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had daughter called Harmonia.
  3. (poetic) War; a personification of war.
    In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe.
    • 1918, Ruth Stanley Farnam, A Nation at Bay: What an American Woman Saw and Did in Suffering Serbia, page 57:
      Mars rode upon the storm of horror and drank his fill of pain and blood. When the Serbian Army retreated before the foe, four times its own strength, it went backward facing the enemy and fighting every step of the way.
    • 1944, McGraw-Hill, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 145, page 54:
      A relieved world then will eagerly turn to the task of reclaiming the destruction wrought by Mars ... A tremendous task, filled with infinite possibilities ... A profitable task, according to how well you are prepared to do your part in the rehabilitation ...
    • 1975, Helen Diane Russell, Jeffrey Blanchard, Jacques Callot: Prints & Related Drawings, Issue 21, page 10:
      The plague, inevitable companion of Mars, ravaged the populace.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2

After Frank C. Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.

Proper noun

Mars

  1. The Mars Bar, a brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
    • 1985 — Michael Collier, Longest Day, p 206
      Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.
Translations
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Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmars]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ars

Proper noun

Mars m

  1. (inanimate) Mars, the fourth planet in the solar system
  2. (animate) Mars, the Roman god of war

Declension

animate
inanimate

Derived terms

  • marsovský
  • Marsův
  • Marťan
  • marťanský
  • martský
  • Martův

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star Slunce
Planets and dwarf planets Merkur Venuše Země Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uran Neptun Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris
Notable moons — Měsíc Phobos/Fobos
Deimos		 — Ganymed
Callisto
Io
Europa		 Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas		 Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda		 Triton Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx		 Hiʻiaka
Namaka		 — Dysnomia

Further reading

Danish

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)

See also

(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun [edit]

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑrs
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Mars ?

  1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Estonian

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌɹs/

Proper noun

Mars

  1. March

Synonyms

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʂː/
  • Rhymes: -aʂː
  • Homophone: mars

Proper noun

Mars m

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Mars
Accusative Mars
Dative Marsi
Genitive Mars

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrs/

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Inflection of Mars (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Mars —
genitive Marsin —
partitive Marsia —
illative Marsiin —
singular plural
nominative Mars —
accusative nom. Mars —
gen. Marsin
genitive Marsin —
partitive Marsia —
inessive Marsissa —
elative Marsista —
illative Marsiin —
adessive Marsilla —
ablative Marsilta —
allative Marsille —
essive Marsina —
translative Marsiksi —
instructive — —
abessive Marsitta —
comitative — —

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Latin Mars

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁs/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

German

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Proper noun

Mars m (genitive Mars)

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒrʃ]
  • Hyphenation: Mars

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mars —
accusative Marsot —
dative Marsnak —
instrumental Marssal —
causal-final Marsért —
translative Marssá —
terminative Marsig —
essive-formal Marsként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Marsban —
superessive Marson —
adessive Marsnál —
illative Marsba —
sublative Marsra —
allative Marshoz —
elative Marsból —
delative Marsról —
ablative Marstól —
Possessive forms of Mars
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Marsom —
2nd person sing. Marsod —
3rd person sing. Marsa —
1st person plural Marsunk —
2nd person plural Marsotok —
3rd person plural Marsuk —

Derived terms

(Compound words):

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmar̥s/
  • Rhymes: -ar̥s
  • Homophone: mars

Proper noun

Mars m

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

Proper noun

Mars m (genitive Marsa)

  1. Mars (planet)
    Synonym: Máirt
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

See also

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Mars Mhars not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "Mars" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “Mars” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Mars” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Etymology

From older Latin (older than 75 BC) Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Mawort. Mamers was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mārs m (genitive Mārtis); third declension

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Noun

Mārs m (genitive Mārtis); third declension

  1. war, battle, conflict

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Mārs Mārtēs
genitive Mārtis Mārtum
dative Mārtī Mārtibus
accusative Mārtem Mārtēs
ablative Mārte Mārtibus
vocative Mārs Mārtēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Latvian

Proper noun

Mars m

  1. vocative singular form of Marss

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mars.

Proper noun

Mars

  1. (mythology) The Roman god governing war; Mars.
  2. (astronomy) The red-coloured planet visible to the naked eye: Mars.

Synonyms

Descendents

See also

References

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Mars.

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Norwegian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maːrs/, [maːʂ]

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mars/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Mars m pers

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mârs/

Proper noun

Mȁrs m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рс)

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmáːrs/
  • Tonal orthography: mȃrs

Proper noun

Márs m anim (genitive Mársa)

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Planet:

God (or sometimes the planet):

See also

(planets of the Solar System) planéti osónčja; Merkúr, Vénera, Zémlja, Márs, Júpiter, Satúrn, Urán, Neptún

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mars/

Proper noun

Mars c (genitive Mars)

  1. Mars (planet)
  2. Mars (Roman god)

See also

Tatar

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)

Declension

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English March.

Proper noun

Mars

  1. March
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