marquis

Other forms of marquis

plural

marquises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about marquis

What does marquis mean?

marquis means "humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in marquis?

marquis has 2 syllables: marq-uis. The stress falls on "uis". In IPA it is /ˌmɑɹˈki/.

What is another word for marquis?

Close synonyms include Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis, marquess. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marquis a common word?

marquis is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with marquis?

13 words rhyme with marquis. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.