marquer

Meaning

1. to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something)
2. to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder)
3. to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark)
4. to mark (to feature as a highlight of something)
5. to score (e.g. a point or a goal)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maʁ.ke/

Etymology

From Middle French marquer (15th c.), from northern Old French merchier, merquer, denominal from merc (“sign”), from Old Norse merki. The -a- may be due to a general variation in Middle French, but was likely reinforced by Italian marcare (13th c.), which is derived from Latin marca, from a confluence of Proto-West Germanic *mark and *marku, both related with the Old Norse above. Latin marca is also the source of French marche (“frontier”).

Sentences

S'ensuit une bataille épique qui manque de marquer la fin des pirates du ciel .

This is followed by an epic battle that almost marks the end of the sky pirates.