Marks

marks märks English Proper noun en proper noun form en Mark Proper noun en given names derived from the given name en Mark. en city/county seat co/Quitman County s/Mississippi c/USA. en UK colloquial en w:Marks & Spencer, a British multinational retailer. en M&S Marks & Sparks<l:colloquial> 6 March 2004 Sarah Ryle Prayer on a G-string at Marks https://web.archive.org/web/20140912234813/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/mar/07/shopping Radice would never sanction an advert like Marks’s now-notorious ‘normal’ lady on the hill. 5 June 2004 w:Anushka Asthana My brush with elasticated waistbands and some big pants https://web.archive.org/web/20260806132715/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/jun/06/theobserver.observerbusiness8 But it was more expensive. At BHS British Home Stores I bought a cotton halter neck for £4, at Marks I bought a slightly trendier top for £22. 11 November 2023 Ellie Violet Bramley How M&S regained its place as UK’s top womenswear retailer https://web.archive.org/web/20231111120851/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/nov/11/how-ms-regained-its-place-as-uks-top-womenswear-retailer Where once M&S was seen as a purveyor of clothes that were at best inoffensive or else labelled – in a somewhat sexist manner – “frumpy”, now it is appealing to women who have one eye on Vogue and another on value. She Catherine Shuttleworth points anecdotally to “the number of people who have said to me ‘have you been to Marks? It’s absolutely brilliant’.” Derived terms en Finlay-Marks syndrome Translations surname Amharic: am ማርክስ Arabic: ar مَارْكْس m f Armenian: hy Մարքս Belarusian: be Маркс m f Bulgarian: bg Маркс m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬克思 Mǎkèsī Georgian: ka მარქსი Hebrew: he מרקס m f marks Hindi: hi मार्क्स m f Japanese: ja マルクス Marukusu Korean: ko ^마르크스 Macedonian: mk Маркс m f Russian: ru Маркс m f Sinhalese: si මාක්ස් Thai: th มากซ์ mâak Ukrainian: uk Маркс m f Vietnamese: vi Marx, vi Mác phonetic respelling See also Bevis Marks Anagrams en akmrs smark en eponyms Czech Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Marksová cs m Declension m.an.surname Further reading German Pronunciation de [maɐ̯ks] [maʁks] de De-Marks.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Marx Noun de noun form de Mark gen s Latvian Etymology First recorded in 1582. From lv la Marcus. Cognate to English Mark. Proper noun m 1st Mark Biblical figure lv male Declension Mark s Mark proper Related terms lv Mareks lv Markuss References Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0 Population Register of Latvia: Marks was the only given name of 1727 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. lv Biblical characters Books of the Bible Religion