Mars

See also: mars, marš, Марс, and марс

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
See also
Solar System in in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
Planets and dwarf planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris
Notable moons Moon Phobos
Deimos
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
Europa
Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas
Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda
Triton Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx
Hiʻiaka
Namaka
Dysnomia

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]
  • (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 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
  • (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/, [ˈmɑrs̠]

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/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mars

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

German

Pronunciation

  • (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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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

Descendants

See also

References


Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Mars.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mars

  1. Mars (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Further reading


Norwegian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maːrs/, [maːʂ]

Proper noun

Mars

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

See also


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mars/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mars m pers

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Mars in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

West Frisian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mars/

Noun

Mars c (no plural)

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

Further reading

  • Mars (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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