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Mars
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Appendix:Variations of "mars"
English
+ (mythology),+ (planet)
Mars - August 30 2021 - Flickr - Kevin M. Gill.png Refer to caption The planet Mars (en Q111) 0 Statue de Mars (Pyrrhus) - Musei Capitolini - MC0058 (2).JPG Refer to caption Statue of the Roman god Mars (en Q112) from the Forum of Nerva
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɑːz/ RP
en /ˈmɑɹz/ GA
en ɑː(ɹ)z 1
en en-us-mars.ogg US
Etymology 1
From en enm Mars, from en la Mars Mārs god of war, from en itc-ola Mavors Māvors.
Proper noun
- +<l:rare>
en Q111 en astronomy uncountable The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂
en Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.
en John Wyndham [pseudonym; John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris] Phase One w:The Kraken Wakes Harmondsworth, Middlesex Penguin Books Ltd 1953 1966 12 ‘There’s another one. There can’t be two Marses,’ said Phyllis. / And sure enough there was. A smaller red point, a little up from, and to the right of, the first.
en Philip K[indred] Dick [To Carol Carr] The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick !1 (1938–1971) Grass Valley, Calif. Underwood Books 30 November 1964 1996 136 https://archive.org/details/philip-k.-dick-the-selected-letters-of-philip-k.-dick-1938-1971-volume-1-underwood-books-1997/page/136/mode/1up 1-887424-20-2 Well, see, we’re building a steam-driven solar system from a kit. (Cheaper than the Japanese miniaturized, transistorized models, which have two Marses and no Earth sometimes.)
en Ian Watson Mummy-cloth The Martian Inca London w:Victor Gollancz Ltd 1977 section four 47 https://archive.org/details/martianinca0000wats/page/47/mode/1up The planet Mars, seen by Cro-Magnon eyes, presumably was a blue summer world with air and water. Winter Mars, seen by modem man, a red ice-capped desert. Two Marses coincided briefly in his mind’s eye, then rushed apart into endless cycles of Red and Blue … Human fingers intended to halt Mars at the moment of perfection, and hold a whole world there!
en 22 September 2018 Marissa Carruthers Five of the best places to go off grid in Asia, get back to nature and away from office phone calls https://web.archive.org/web/20180923131304/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2165203/five-best-places-go-grid-asia-get-back-nature-and-away 23 September 2018 w:South China Morning Post Travel & Leisure With its Mars-like landscape, visiting Gurbantunggut Desert feels like escaping to another world.
en-GB Miranda Bryant Tom Dans ‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis w:The Observer 2025-03-08 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/its-very-unpredictable-divided-greenland-prepares-to-vote-amid-trump-inspired-existential-crisis 0029-7712 Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250321210616/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/its-very-unpredictable-divided-greenland-prepares-to-vote-amid-trump-inspired-existential-crisis
en Q112 en Roman god uncountable The Roman god of war.
en Bellona Enyo<qq:Greco-Roman goddesses of war>
en Ares<id:Q40901><qq:Greek counterpart>
en Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia.
en poetic countable plural Marses war, personified.
en In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe.
en 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. A Nation at Bay: What an American Woman Saw and Did in Suffering Serbia 57 Ruth Stanley Farnam 1918
en 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 ... Engineering and Mining Journal 145 54 1944 McGraw-Hill
en The plague, inevitable companion of Mars, ravaged the populace. Jacques Callot: Prints & Related Drawings, Issue 21 Helen Diane Russell; Jeffrey Blanchard 1975 10
Synonyms
astronomy astrology ♂
Derived terms
en Marsform marsling marsquake Marsscape Mars Hill proto-Mars Marslike Marsbound Marsling martial Martian plain of Mars crocus of Mars
Translations
Q111 planet
Abkhaz: ab Марс
Afrikaans: af Mars
Albanian: sq Marsi m, sq Mars m indefinite
Amharic: am ማርስ
Arabic: ar الْمِرِّيخ m
South Levantine Arabic: ajp المريخ il-marrīḵ
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܸܪܓܲܠ m nirgāl
Armenian: hy Մարս, hy Հրատ
Assamese: as মঙ্গল
Asturian: ast Marte m
Azerbaijani: az Mars, az Mərrix obsolete
Bashkir: ba Марс
Basque: eu Martitz
Belarusian: be Марс m
Bengali: bn মঙ্গল
Breton: br Meurzh m
Bulgarian: bg Марс m
Burmese: my အင်္ဂါ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Марс m
Catalan: ca Mart m
Chechen: ce Марс
Cherokee: chr ᎹᏏ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 火星 fo2 sing1
Eastern Min: cdo 火星
Hakka: hak 火星 Fó-sên
Hokkien: nan-hbl 火星 hóe-chheⁿ, hé-chhiⁿ
Mandarin: cmn 火星 Huǒxīng
Wu: wuu 火星
Chuvash: cv Марс
Coptic: cop ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ
Cornish: kw Meurth m
Corsican: co Marte
Crimean Tatar: crh Merih
Czech: cs Mars m
Danish: da Mars c
Dutch: nl Mars m
Dzongkha: dz མིག་དམར
Esperanto: eo Marso
Estonian: et Marss
Fijian: fj Aceni
Finnish: fi Mars
French: fr Mars mf
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Mars
Galician: gl Marte m
Georgian: ka მარსი
German: de Mars m
Greek: el Άρης m
Ancient Greek: grc Τόλμα f, grc Πυρόεις m, grc Ηρακλής m
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug Mbyja Pytã
Gujarati: gu મંગળ
Haitian Creole: ht Mas, ht Mas
Hawaiian: haw Hōkū‘ula
Hebrew: he מַאֲדִים m ma’adim
Hindi: hi मंगल, hi अंगारक m, hi रुधिर m
Hungarian: hu Mars
Icelandic: is Mars m
Ido: io Marso
Indonesian: id Mars
Interlingua: ia Marte
Irish: ga Mars m, ga Máirt m
Italian: it Marte m
Jamaican Creole: jam Maarz
Japanese: ja 火星 かせい, Kasei, ja マーズ Māzu, ja マース Māsu, ja マルス Marusu
Javanese: jv jaka bèlèk, jv Mars, jv Anggara
Kalmyk: xal Мигмр
Kannada: kn ಮಂಗಳ
Kashubian: csb Mars m
Kazakh: kk Қызылжұлдыз, kk Аңырақай, kk Марс
Khmer: km អង្គារ
Klamath-Modoc: kla taktakl̓i
Kodava: kfa ಚೌವ
Korean: ko ^화성(火星)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb بارام, ckb بەھرام, ckb مەریخ
Northern Kurdish: kmr Behram, kmr Mars, kmr Merîx
Kyrgyz: ky Марс
Lao: lo ອັງຄານ, lo ດາວອັງຄານ
Latin: la Mārs m
Latvian: lv Marss m
Lingala: ln Malasí, ln Marsí
Lithuanian: lt Marsas m, lt Žiezdrė f
Lü: khb ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦝ
Macedonian: mk Марс m
Malagasy: mg Marsa
Malay: ms Marikh
Malayalam: ml ചൊവ്വ
Malecite-Passamaquoddy: pqm mehqahtuwet an
Maltese: mt Mars, mt Marte m
Manchu: mnc ᡨᡠᠸᠠ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ
Manx: gv Mart m
Māori: mi Matawhero, mi Tūmatauenga
Marathi: mr मंगळ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Ангараг, mn Марс
Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠩᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ, mn ᠮᠠᠷᠰ
Nahuatl: nah Chīchīlcītlalpol, nah Huītzilōpōchcītlalli
Navajo: nv Máaz
Nepali: ne मङ्गल maṅgala
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Mars m
Occitan: oc Mart m
Odia: or ମଙ୍ଗଳ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Арисъ m
Old Norse: non þrekstjarna f
Ossetian: os Марс
Pashto: ps مريخ m marix
Persian:
Dari: prs مِرِّیخ, prs بَهْرَام, prs مَارْس
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مِرّیخ, fa-ira بَهْرام, fa-ira مارْس
Middle Persian: pal 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 wahrām
Polish: pl Mars m
Portuguese: pt Marte m
Punjabi: pa ਮੰਗਲ
Quechua: qu Awqakuq, qu Atich'aska
Romanian: ro Маrte m
Russian: ru Марс m
Sanskrit: sa मङ्गल, sa रुधिर m
Santali: sat ᱴᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ
Scottish Gaelic: gd Màrs m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ма̏рс m
Latin: sh Mȁrs m
Shona: sn Murongazuva, sn Mrongazuva
Silesian: szl Mars m
Sinhalese: si අඟහරු
Slovak: sk Mars m
Slovene: sl Márs m
Somali: so Farraare
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb Mars m
Southern Altai: alt Марс
Spanish: es Marte m
Swahili: sw Mirihi, sw Meriki
Swedish: sv Mars c
Tagalog: tl Marte
Tajik: tg Миррих, tg Баҳром
Tamil: ta செவ்வாய்
Tatar: tt Марс, tt Мәрих
Telugu: te అంగారకుడు, te రుధిరుడు
Thai: th ดาวอังคาร daao ang-kaan, th อังคาร
Tibetan: bo མིག་དམར
Tok Pisin: tpi Mas
Tongan: to Maʻasi
Tswana: tn Mase
Tumbuka: tum Chivuvuzi, tum Chanya la Chivuvuzi
Turkish: tr Mars, tr Kızıl Gezegen, tr Kızıldız, tr Bakırsokum, tr Merih archaic, tr Sakıt archaic
Turkmen: tk Mars, tk Myrryh
Ukrainian: uk Марс m
Unami: unm màxkalànkw
Urdu: ur مِرِّیخ m, ur مَن٘گَل m, ur بَہْرام m, ur جَلّادِ فَلَک m poetic
Uyghur: ug مارس, ug مېرىخ
Uzbek: uz Mars, uz Mirrix obsolete
Venetan: vec Marte m
Vietnamese: vi sao Hoả (―vi 火), vi Hoả tinh (vi 火星)
Volapük: vo Mard
Welsh: cy Mawrth m
Wolof: wo Maas
Yiddish: yi מאדים מאַדים m, yi מאַרס m
Yoruba: yo Mársì
Zhuang: za Ndaundeiqfeiz
Zulu: zu uMasi, zu uNotshezi
Q112 god of war
Afrikaans: af Mars
Arabic: ar مَارِس m
Armenian: hy Մարս
Asturian: ast Marte m
Azerbaijani: az Mars
Basque: eu Martitz
Belarusian: be Марс m
Bengali: bn মার্স
Bulgarian: bg Марс m
Catalan: ca Mart m
Cherokee: chr ᎹᏏ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 戰神, yue 瑪斯
Mandarin: cmn 戰神 Zhànshén, cmn 瑪爾斯 Mǎ'ěrsī
Cornish: kw Meurth m
Czech: cs Mars m
Danish: da Mars c
Dutch: nl Mars m
Esperanto: eo Marso
Estonian: et Mars
Faroese: fo Mars m
Finnish: fi Mars
French: fr Mars m
Galician: gl Marte m
Georgian: ka მარსი
German: de Mars m
Greek: el Άρης m
Hawaiian: haw Maleka
Hebrew: he מארס m mars מארס \ מַרְס
Hindi: hi मार्स m, hi मंगल m
Hungarian: hu Mars
Icelandic: is Mars m
Indonesian: id Mars
Irish: ga Mars m
Italian: it Marte m
Japanese: ja マールス Mārusu
Kazakh: kk Марс
Khmer: km អង្គារ
Korean: ko ^마르스
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb بارام
Northern Kurdish: kmr Mars
Kyrgyz: ky Марс
Latin: la Mārs m
Latvian: lv Marss m
Lithuanian: lt Marsas m
Macedonian: mk Марс m
Maltese: mt Marte m
Marathi: mr मार्स m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Марс
Mongolian script: mn ᠮᠠᠷᠰ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Mars m
Odia: or ମାରସ୍
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Арисъ m
Persian:
Dari: prs مَارْس
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مارْس
Middle Persian: pal 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 wahrām
Polish: pl Mars m
Portuguese: pt Marte m
Romanian: ro Маrte
Russian: ru Марс m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ма̏рс m
Latin: sh Mȁrs m
Slovene: sl Márs m
Spanish: es Marte
Swahili: sw Maazi
Swedish: sv Mars c
Tagalog: tl Marte
Tajik: tg Марс, tg Баҳром
Thai: th มาร์ส
Turkish: tr Mars
Turkmen: tk Mars
Ukrainian: uk Марс m
Urdu: ur مارْس m
Uzbek: uz Mars
Vietnamese: vi thần chiến tranh
Welsh: cy Mawrth m
Yiddish: yi מאַרס m
Zulu: zu uMasi
Noun
-
en tincture rare gules red, in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
en 1693 Richard Blome The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ... 76-77 4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales. 5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol. [...] 12. Venus, a Staff in Pale Sol, and thereupon a Cross Pattee, Luna surmounted off a Pall of the last, charged with 4. like Crosses fitched Saturn, edged and stringed as the second. This Coat belongs to the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury, to whose place it appertains to Crown and Inaugurate the Kings of England.
en 1718 Samuel Kent The Grammar of Heraldry [...] Second Edition George [...] Ist. Mars, three Lions passant guardant in Pale Sol, for the Arms of England, Impal'd with Scotland, i.e. Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure counterflory Mars. 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland. 4th. Seme party per Pale, and per Chevron enarche, in the Ist Mars, two Lions passant guardant Sol, for Brunswick. In the 2d Partition Sol, semy of Hearts Mars, and a Lion rampant Jupiter, armed and langued of the First, for Luneburg. The base is Mars, a Horse currant Luna, over these last on an Inescocheon, Constantine's Crown. All within the Garter. Above the whole a Helmet suitable to his Majesty's Royal Jurisdiction, upon the same a rich Mantle of Cloth of Gold, doubled Ermine, a
en 1735 Francis Nichols The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition 80 8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c.
en 1737 Benjamin Martin Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library 631 ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.
en obsolete alchemy chemistry Iron.
en 2013 From Alchemy to Chemistry John Read https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/From_Alchemy_to_Chemistry/_sPDAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=“vitriol+of+Venus”&pg=PT51&printsec=frontcover The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo hear anon. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is quyksilver; Saturnian leed; and Jubitur is tyn, and Venus coper, by my fathers kyn.’ […] Corresponding names were bestowed upon salts of these metals by the alchemists, and some of them have persisted down to the present day. Some examples are lunar caustic (silver nitrate); vitriol of Venus (copper sulphate); sugar of Saturn (lead acetate); and vitriol of Mars, or Martial vitriol (ferrous sulphate).
See also
en Phobos, en Deimos
Etymology 2
Mars Logo.svg Mars brand logo MBar 700.jpg UK-style Mars bar
Possibly a variant of en Marrs, itself from en Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s.Marrs
The Mars bar was named after Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.
Proper noun
+
en.
21 November 1929 Miss Mars to Wed H. Grell Powers: Her Troth to New Yorker Is Announced by Her Father at a Luncheon at Park Lane.Miss Murphy Betrothed: Granddaughter of Late U. S. Senator Is to Marry Montague H. Duval, Publisher. https://web.archive.org/web/20250910042822/https://www.nytimes.com/1929/11/21/archives/miss-mars-to-wed-h-grell-powers-her-troth-to-new-yorker-is.html 23 https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1929-11-21_79_26234_0/page/n22/mode/1up LXXIX 26,234 6 At a luncheon given yesterday at the Park Lane by Andrew H. Mars of Brooklyn for the Misses Marjorie Heather and Miriam Snyder, announcement was made of the engagement of his daughter, Miss Gladys L. Mars, to H. Grell Powers of this city.
29 April 2006 Nadine Brozan Florence Latimer Mars, 83, Who Was Spurned for Rights Work, Dies https://web.archive.org/web/20201107162227/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/us/florence-l-mars-83-who-was-spurned-for-rights-work-dies.html Florence Mars, a diminutive woman barely five feet tall, seemed an unlikely candidate for the defiant role she assumed. She was born on Jan. 1, 1923, to Adam Longino Mars, a lawyer, and Emily Geneva Johnson Mars, known as Neva.
3 September 2008 Lisa W. Foderaro Historic Fort Sustains a Breach https://web.archive.org/web/20180106051130/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/nyregion/04fort.html The economic troubles are compounded by the recent falling-out between the fort’s longtime executive director, Nicholas Westbrook, and benefactors the fort had come to rely upon: Forrest Edward Mars Jr. and his wife, Deborah Clarke Mars, a Ticonderoga native. While some 500 people made donations to the $23 million construction project, which included the new education center and upgrading utilities throughout the fort, the Marses contributed well over half the cost.
en chocolate bar en Brand name that has not entered the general lexicon; see WT:BRAND A brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
en 1985 Michael Collier Longest Day 206 Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.
en 2015 Cari Hunter No Good Reason Valley Falls, N.Y. Bold Strokes Books 9781626393523 232 https://archive.org/details/nogoodreason0000hunt/page/232/mode/1up?q=Mars Meg eyed the five cubicles, each with its curtain drawn. “Which one is he in?” ¶ “Three. Once I’d treated him to a Mars and a bottle of Fanta, he seemed happy enough to wait.”
en 30 November 2024 A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation. Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx247dwx1p7o Nathan Briant w:BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20250116090656/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx247dwx1p7o
Derived terms
en M&M Mars Bar party
Translations
brand of chocolate bar Armenian: hy Մարս
Bulgarian: bg Марс m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 瑪氏巧克力棒 Mǎshì qiǎokèlìbàng
Czech: cs Mars m
Dutch: nl Mars m
Estonian: et Mars
Faroese: fo Mars n
Finnish: fi Mars
French: fr Mars m
German: de Mars n
Hebrew: he מארס mars
Hindi: hi मार्स m
Hungarian: hu Mars
Italian: it Mars m
Korean: ko ^마즈
Latvian: lv Mars
Macedonian: mk Марс m
Marathi: mr मार्स m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Mars
Polish: pl Mars m Mars bar
Romanian: ro Mars
Russian: ru Марс m
Swedish: sv Mars
Latin: la Mars m (1, 2, 3)
Slovak: sk Mars m (1, 2)
Welsh: cy Mawrth m
Further reading
Mars (surname)
Mars bar
Etymology 3
en :bor uk:Марс + 1
Pronunciation
en /maɹs/ /mɑ˞s/
Proper noun
en village urban hromada:suf/Semenivka raion/Novhorod-Siverskyi obl/Chernihiv c/Ukraine.
Translations
village in Semenivka, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian: uk Марс m-in
Further reading
Mars, Chernihiv Oblast
Etymology 4
Noun
?
en Mas.
References
Anagrams
en amrs M.R.A.S. S/MAR MRAs SARM MRSA mas'r ASMR MSAR Rams RAMs Masr AMRs ASRM rasm arms ARMs SRAM rams
en eponyms
en Mars (planet) Planets of the Solar System
Afrikaans
Etymology
From af nl Mars.
Pronunciation
af Mars
Proper noun
af Q111 af astronomy en Mars
af Q112 af Roman god en Mars
See also
af Planets of the Solar System
af Roman deities
Czech
cs:+ (mytologie)
cs:+ (planeta)
Pronunciation
Oblique cases of the inanimate sense are pronounced /marz-/.
cs Cs-Mars.ogg
cs ars 1
Proper noun
m-in marsovský,marťanský,martský Marťan
cs Q111cs Planets of the Solar Systemcs inanimate en Mars, the fourth planet in the solar system
Declension
m.sg
Proper noun
m-an Marsův,Martův
cs Q112 cs Roman god animate en Mars, the Roman god of war
Declension
m.an.sg.decllemma:Mart
See also
Further reading
Jitka Štindlová Zaměřil dalekohled na Jupiter nebo na Jupitera? http://nase-rec.ujc.cas.cz/archiv.php?art=5229 1966 49 4
cs eponyms
cs Mars (planet)
Danish
da:
Etymology
From da la Mars.
Proper noun
da proper noun genitive Mars'
da Q111da Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
da Q112 da Roman god en Mars
See also
da Astronomy Planets Roman deities Roman mythology Mythology
Dutch
nl:
Pronunciation
nl /mɑrs/
nl Nl-Mars.ogg
nl Mars
nl ɑrs 1
nl mars
Etymology 1
From nl la Mars Mārs.
Proper noun
m
nl Q111nl Planets of the Solar Systemnl astronomy en Mars (planet)
nl Q112nl Roman deitiesen Mars (Roman god)
Related terms
nl Maarten, nl Martijn, nl Martin, nl Martinus
nl Maartje, nl Martine, nl Martina
Etymology 2
First attested as mersche in 1307. Derived from nl meers land next to water, swampland, pasture.
Proper noun
n
nl neighborhood c/Land van Cuijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
References
Estonian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
et Q111et Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
et Q112et Roman deitiesMars (Roman god)
Ewe
Etymology
ee de Mars.
Pronunciation
Márs
Proper noun
ee proper nouns
March month
ee Tedoxe<q:native term>
See also
Faroese
Etymology
From fo la Mars Mārs.
Pronunciation
fo /maʂː/
fo aʂː
fo mars
Proper noun
fo proper nouns m
fo Q111fo Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
fo Q112fo Roman deitiesMars (Roman god)
Declension
Mars Mars Marsi Mars
See also
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Mars Mārs.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Q111fi Planets of the Solar SystemMars planet
fi Q112fi Roman deitiesMars Roman god
fi uncommon fi Swedish
Declension
Mars a 0
Derived terms
fi marsilainen
Statistics
dvv_20250813 31
See also
French
Etymology
Circa 1150, from fr la Mārs.
Pronunciation
[s:s_]
fr Fr-Mars.ogg
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Mars.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Mars.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Mars.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Mars.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Mars.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Mars.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Mars.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
mf
fr Q111fr Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
Proper noun
m
fr Q112fr Roman deitiesen Mars (Roman god)
Descendants
fa مارس mârs 1
See also
German
Etymology 1
de :lbor la:Mārs
de la Mārs.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmaʁs/
de De-Mars2.ogg
de Mars
Proper noun
m,':-[with an article]
de Q112 de Roman god Mars
Declension
m,':-[with an article].sg
Proper noun
m,-
de Q111 de Planets of the Solar System de astronomy Mars
Declension
m,-.sg
Derived terms
de Marsoberfläche
Etymology 2
From de nds.
Noun
m,- or
f
de nautical crow's nest
Declension
m,- or
f
See also
References
Mars_Planet Mars (Planet)
Mars_Gott_roemischer_Kriegsgott Mars (Römischer Gott)
Mars_Plattform_Schiff Mars (Plattform, Schiff)
de eponyms
Hungarian
hu:
Etymology
From hu la Mars Mārs.
Pronunciation
hu ɒrʃ 1
hu Mars
Proper noun
hu proper nouns
hu Q111hu Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
hu Q112hu Roman deitiesMars (Roman god)
Declension
Marso o sgMars ai sg
Derived terms
hu marsi marsbeli
hu Compound words marsautó marsjármű marsjáró marslakó Mars-lakó
Icelandic
Etymology
From is la Mars Mārs.
Pronunciation
is ar̥s 1
is mars
Proper noun
@@
is Q111is Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
is Q112is Roman deitiesen Mars (Roman god)
Declension
m.dat-
See also
Indonesian
Etymology
From id nl Mars, from id la Mars.
Pronunciation
mars
Proper noun
id proper noun
en Mars
id astronomy the fourth planet in the Solar System; represented by the symbol ♂
id Marikh id rare
id Roman mythology the Roman god of war
Synonyms
astronomy rare id Marikh
See also
Further reading
Irish
ga:
Etymology
From ga la Mars Mārs.
Proper noun
m ~a
ga Q111ga Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars planet
ga Máirt
ga Q112ga Roman deitiesMars Roman god
Declension
M ars arsa
See also
Mutation
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
la itc-ola:Māvors<id:Mars> god of war
From la itc-ola Mavors Māvors, from la itc-pro Latn *Māwortis,Walde, Alois & Hofmann, Johann Baptist. 1954. Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd vol. (M-Z), 3rd edition, pp. 43-45. or from la itc-pro *Māmart-. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change.de Vaan, Michiel. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, p. 366. Mamers was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris. See also the Lapis Satricanus, where itc-ala 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 Māmartei is attested. Possibly also related to sa मरुत् Maruts, violent storm-gods.2 322
Pronunciation
Mārs
Proper noun
la:
la:+ (deus)
Mārs<3> m
la Roman god Mars god of war
la astronomy Mars planet
la alchemy chemistry iron
Usage notes
The name of the god could, through la interpretatio romana, serve to replace the name of a war god in a foreign language. Thus Saxo Grammaticus, for example, uses the term to refer to the Norse god Odin, alternating it with the borrowed form la Othinus Ōthinus.
Declension
Mārs<3>
Noun
Mārs<3.both> m
war, battle, conflict
la la aequatus aequato Marte made equal the battle
Declension
Mārs<3.both>
Derived terms
la diēs Mārtis Mārcus mārtiālis mārtiaticus mārticola mārticultor Mārtigena Mārtīnus mārtiobarbulus mārtius
Descendants
fr Mars
it Marte
pt Marte
ro Marte
scn Marti
es Marte
enm Mars 1
References
Dizionario-latino, Olivetti
Latvian
Proper noun
lv proper noun forms m
lv Marss voc s
Middle English
Etymology
From enm la Mars Mārs.
Pronunciation
enm /mars/
Proper noun
enm proper nouns
enm Roman deities The Roman god governing war; Mars.
enm Planets of the Solar System The red-coloured planet visible to the naked eye: Mars.
Synonyms
enm Marte
Related terms
enm marcyan
Descendants
en Mars
See also
enm mars
References
Mars n MED26954 14 June 2018
Northern Sami
Etymology
From se no Mars.
Pronunciation
se
Proper noun
se proper nouns
se Q111se Planets of the Solar SystemMars planet
Inflection
se noun
See also
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Mars (planet),Mars (gud)
thumb|A global view of Mars assembled from Viking Orbiter images.
thumb|A statue of the Roman god Mars in the Vatican Museums.
Pronunciation
nb /mɑːrs/ [mɑːʂ]
nb ɑːʂ 1
nb Mars
Etymology 1
nb, ultimately from nb la Mārs Mars, the Roman god of war, genitive la Mārtis, from Old Latin nb itc-ola Māvors Mars. The Old Latin form is generally derived from Proto-Italic itc-pro *Māwortis, although an alternative reconstruction itc-pro *Māmart- has also been proposed; the latter would require an otherwise unusual change of medial *-m-* to *-w-*. Cognate with Oscan osc 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 Mars, and compare the archaic form itc-ola Māmartei, attested on the Lapis Satricanus. A possible further relationship with Sanskrit sa मरुत् Marut, one of the storm gods has been proposed, but remains uncertain.
The astronomical sense is transferred from the name of the deity. The planet was associated with Mars because its reddish appearance evoked blood and warfare.
Parallel international forms include da Mars, sv Mars, de Mars, nl Mars, fr Mars, is Mars, en Mars.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb astronomy Mars; the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System, a terrestrial planet noted for its reddish appearance
nb Romsonden gikk inn i bane rundt Mars. The space probe entered orbit around Mars.
nb 31 January 2004 NTB-AFP Aftenposten Robotkjøretøy ruller over Mars Det amerikanske robotkjøretøyet «Opportunity» kjørte lørdag for første gang på overflaten av planeten Mars. The American robotic vehicle “Opportunity” drove on the surface of the planet Mars for the first time on Saturday.
nb Roman mythology Mars; the Roman god of war, also associated in early Roman religion with agriculture, fertility and the protection of fields
nb Romerne dyrket Mars som krigsgud. The Romans worshipped Mars as a god of war.
nb 20 November 2007 Hans Marius Tonstad Aftenposten Kan ha funnet Remus og Romulus’ grotte Ifølge myten ble Remus og Romulus, tvillingguttene til krigsguden Mars, forlatt i en krybbe ved elven Tibers bredd. According to the myth, Remus and Romulus, the twin sons of the war god Mars, were abandoned in a cradle by the banks of the Tiber.
Usage notes
nb Mars is pronounced with a long vowel, unlike lowercase nb mars March, which has a short vowel in standard pronunciation.
See also
Etymology 2
nb en Mars Mars, the company and chocolate-bar brand, from the surname en Mars of the founding family. The family business was established by Frank C. Mars and later developed into Mars, Incorporated. His son Forrest Mars Sr. moved to Britain in 1932 and created the Mars chocolate bar that year.
The company sense is a clipping of the full company name Mars Incorporated. The chocolate-bar sense uses the same family and company name. The deeper origin of the founding family's surname has not been securely established here.
thumb|A Mars chocolate bar.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb business Mars; a clipping of Mars, Incorporated, an American family-owned multinational company known especially for confectionery, food and pet-care brands
nb Mars er et av verdens største familieeide selskaper. Mars is one of the world's largest family-owned companies.
nb 8 January 2026 Store norske leksikon Mars Incorporated Mars produserer og markedsfører sjokolade og sukkervarer over store deler av verden, blant annet under merkene Snickers, Mars og Bounty. Mars produces and markets chocolate and confectionery across large parts of the world, including under the brands Snickers, Mars and Bounty.
nb trademark Mars; a brand of chocolate bar consisting of nougat and caramel coated in milk chocolate
nb Hun kjøpte en Mars i kiosken. She bought a Mars bar at the kiosk.
nb 10 March 2013 Ole Petter Baugerød Stokke DinSide Fritert Mars – en skotsk legende Åpne en Mars. Dypp den i deig. Friter den. Open a Mars bar. Dip it in batter. Deep-fry it.
Etymology 3
nb uk Марс Mars, a village in Ukraine. According to local tradition, the village was named in 1924 after uk Марс Mars, the planet, amid widespread publicity surrounding the “great opposition of Mars” that year. Ukrainian sources present this as a legend rather than a firmly documented naming event.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb village r/Chernihiv Oblast c/Ukraine, in the Semenivka urban hromada of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion
nb Mars er en liten landsby nord i Tsjernihiv oblast. Mars is a small village in northern Chernihiv Oblast.
Etymology 4
nb en Mars Mars, Pennsylvania. The origin of the English place name is disputed. In 1873, Samuel Parks established a local post office with the help of Samuel Marshall. According to the borough's official history, one tradition says that Parks's wife, who was interested in astronomy, suggested the name, while another says that it honoured Samuel Marshall; the latter is described as the prevailing local view. The name was later also adopted for the railway stop, replacing Overbrook.
thumb|Downtown Mars, Pennsylvania, with its flying-saucer sculpture in the foreground.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb borough co/Butler County s/Pennsylvania c/USA
nb Mars ligger nord for Pittsburgh i Pennsylvania. Mars is north of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Etymology 5
nb fr Mars Mars, a commune in Ardèche. The commune was called Saint-Romain-le-Désert until 1909, when it adopted the name of the older and more populous hamlet of Mars. According to the French cultural-heritage inventory, the hamlet's name may derive from a Roman temple dedicated to the god la Mārs Mars beside the Roman road that crossed the area.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb commune dept/Ardèche r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France
nb Mars er en liten kommune i Ardèche i Frankrike. Mars is a small commune in Ardèche, France.
Etymology 6
thumb|The landscape around Mars, Gard, at sunrise.
nb fr Mars Mars, a former commune in Gard. The local Provençal form is oc Mars, ultimately from nb la Martium, described in the source as Low Latin.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb former commune dept/Gard r/Occitanie c/France, merged in 2019 into the commune of Bréau-Mars
nb Mars ble slått sammen med nabokommunen Bréau-et-Salagosse i 2019. Mars was merged with the neighbouring commune of Bréau-et-Salagosse in 2019.
Etymology 7
thumb|The centre of Mars, Loire, viewed from the north.
nb fr Mars Mars, a commune in Loire, probably from the Gallo-Roman personal name nb la Marcius Roman personal name.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb commune dept/Loire r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France
nb Mars ligger i departementet Loire i det sentrale Frankrike. Mars is in the Loire department of central France.
Etymology 8
For the Californian place-name senses, borrowed from nb en Mars Mars. The name refers independently to a populated place in San Bernardino County and to a former name of Outingdale in El Dorado County. The origins of these English place names have not been securely established in the sources checked, and no historical connection between the two names has been established.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb populated place co/San Bernardino County s/California c/USA
nb Mars er et stedsnavn i San Bernardino County i California. Mars is a place name in San Bernardino County, California.
nb historical Mars; a former name of Outingdale, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, USA
nb Stedet som i dag heter Outingdale, har tidligere vært kjent som Mars. The place now called Outingdale was formerly known as Mars.
Etymology 9
thumb|The former settlement of Mars, Nebraska, viewed from the west.
nb en Mars Mars, Nebraska. The settlement received its name in 1886 to complement the nearby community of Venus, Nebraska Venus.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb ghost town co/Knox County s/Nebraska c/USA
nb Mars var et lite samfunn i Knox County i Nebraska. Mars was a small community in Knox County, Nebraska.
Etymology 10
nb en Mars Mars, Texas. The community was named for the early settlers John and Henry Marrs, described in the Handbook of Texas as the eponymous brothers. The source does not explain the difference in spelling between Marrs and the place name Mars.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Mars; nb unincorporated community co/Van Zandt County s/Texas c/USA
nb Mars ligger i Van Zandt County i det østlige Texas. Mars is in Van Zandt County in eastern Texas.
References
“Mars – planet”, Store norske leksikon
nb Planets of the Solar System Roman deities Sweets
nb eponyms
nb clippings
nb trademarks
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
Pl-Mars.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Gower-Mars.wav
Etymology 1
pl god and planet :lbor la:Mārs + 1 marzec
Proper noun
m-pr marsowy
pl Roman god en Mars Roman god of war
Declension
s
Proper noun
m-anml marsjański
en Mars the fourth planet from the Sun
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl nouns Marsjanin Marsjanka
See also
Etymology 2
pl Mars bar
pl:+ (baton)
From pl en Mars, after Franklin Clarence Mars, founder of Mars, Incorporated.
Noun
m-anml
en Mars Mars bar chocolate bar chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling
Declension
Further reading
pl Planets of the Solar System Snacks
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Mȁrs
Proper noun
Mȁrs m-in,m-an
sh Q111sh inanimate en Mars planet sh Planets of the Solar System
sh Q112sh animate en Mars Roman god sh Roman deities
Declension
inanimate
Mars Marsa Marsu Mars Marsu Marsu Marsem
animate
Mars Marsa Marsu Marsa Marsu Marsu Marsem
Slovene
Pronunciation
Mȃrs
Proper noun
Mȃrs m-an
sl Q111sl Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
sl Q112sl Roman deitiesMars (Roman god)
Declension
Planet:
Márs sg
God (or sometimes the planet):
Márs 1 sg
See also
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv /mars/
sv /maʂː/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Mars.wav
Proper noun
sv jorden Jupiter planet ♂
c
sv Q111sv Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars (planet)
sv Q112sv Roman deitiesen Mars (Roman god)
See also
sv mars March
Anagrams
sv amrs arms rams
Tatar
Proper noun
proper noun l
tt Q111tt Planets of the Solar Systemen Mars planet
tt 2006-08-24 tt:Ali Ğilmi tt:Dr. Binzel tt:Astronomiä: Küktä 8 planet qaldı, Pluto "kärlägä" äylände lw:tt:Azatlıq radiosı https://www.azatliq.org/a/741524.html "Fänni oyışma bularaq bez berençe tapqır planeta süzenä bilgelämä birdek. Bu süz xäzer qoyaş sistemasındağı 8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta dip atala" di Dr. Binzel. https://web.archive.org/web/20260926124842/https://www.azatliq.org/a/741524.html 26 September 2026
Declension
nıñ qa nı ta tan
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From tpi en March.
Proper noun
tpi proper nouns
March
See also
Turkish
Pronunciation
tr /ˈmaɾs/
Proper noun
tr astronomy en Mars planet
tr Merih Sakıt
tr Roman mythology en Mars Roman god
Declension
See also
tr Planets of the Solar System
West Frisian
Etymology
fy
Pronunciation
fy /mars/
Noun
c -
fy Planets of the Solar System Mars (planet)
fy Roman deities Mars (god)
Further reading
61349 III
Wolof
Etymology
From wo fr mars.
Noun
March
References
Omar Ka Nanu Dégg Wolof National African Language Resource Center 2018 155 978-1-59703-017-5
wo Gregorian calendar months