Mars

See also: mars, MARS, mârs, marš, Марс, and марс

English

Mars (planet)

Mars's planetary symbol ⟨♂⟩

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

• Audio (US):

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Etymology 1

From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 BCE) Māvors.

Proper noun

Mars (plural (rare) Marses)

2. (astronomy) The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂

   Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.

   • 1953, John Wyndham [pseudonym; John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris], “Phase One”, in The Kraken Wakes, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, published 1966, page 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.

   • 1964 November 30, Philip K[indred] Dick, “[To Carol Carr]”, in The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, volume 1 (1938–1971), Grass Valley, Calif.: Underwood Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 136:

     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.)

   • 1977, Ian Watson, “Mummy-cloth”, in The Martian Inca, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, section four, page 47:

     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!

   • 2018 September 22, Marissa Carruthers, “Five of the best places to go off grid in Asia, get back to nature and away from office phone calls”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 September 2018, Travel & Leisure:

     With its Mars-like landscape, visiting Gurbantunggut Desert feels like escaping to another world.

4. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of war.

   Synonym: Ares

   Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia.

5. (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.

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ♂

Derived terms

• crocus of Mars
• Marsling
• martial
• Martian
• plain of Mars

 

Translations

planet

• Abkhaz: Марс (Mars)
• Afrikaans: Mars
• Albanian: Marsi (sq) m, Mars m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ማርስ (mars)
• Arabic: الْمِرِّيخ m (al-mirrīḵ)

  South Levantine Arabic: المريخ (il-marrīḵ)

• Armenian: Մարս (hy) (Mars), Հրատ (Hrat)
• Assamese: মঙ্গল (moṅgol)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ m (nirgāl)
• Asturian: Marte (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Mars (az), Mərrix (obsolete)
• Bashkir: Марс (Mars)
• Basque: Martitz (eu)
• Belarusian: Марс m (Mars)
• Bengali: মঙ্গল (bn) (moṅgol)
• Breton: Meurzh (br) m
• Bulgarian: Марс m (Mars)
• Burmese: အင်္ဂါ (my) (angga)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Марс m (Mars)
• Catalan: Mart (ca) m
• Chechen: Марс (Mars)
• Cherokee: ᎹᏏ (masi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 火星 (fo² sing¹)

  Eastern Min: 火星 (Huŏ-sĭng)

  Hakka: 火星 (Fó-sên)

  Hokkien: 火星 (zh-min-nan) (hóe-chheⁿ, hé-chhiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 火星 (zh) (Huǒxīng)

  Wu: 火星 (⁵hu-shin)

• Chuvash: Марс (Mars)
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ (molokh)
• Cornish: Meurth m
• Corsican: Marte
• Crimean Tatar: Merih
• Czech: Mars (cs) m
• Danish: Mars (da) c
• Dutch: Mars (nl) m
• Dzongkha: མིག་དམར (mig dmar)
• Esperanto: Marso (eo)
• Estonian: Marss (et)
• Fijian: Aceni
• Finnish: Mars (fi)
• French: Mars (fr) m
• Galician: Marte (gl) m
• Georgian: მარსი (marsi)
• German: Mars (de) m
• Greek: Άρης (el) m (Áris)

  Ancient: Τόλμα f (Tólma), Πυρόεις m (Puróeis), Ηρακλής m (Ēraklḗs)

• Guaraní: Mbyja Pytã
• Gujarati: મંગળ (maṅgaḷ)
• Haitian Creole: Mas, Mas
• Hawaiian: Hōkūʻula
• Hebrew: מַאֲדִים (he) m (ma’adim)
• Hindi: मंगल (hi) (maṅgal), अंगारक (hi) m (aṅgārak), रुधिर (hi) m (rudhir)
• Hungarian: Mars (hu)
• Icelandic: Mars (is) m
• Ido: Marso (io)
• Indonesian: Marikh, Mars (id)
• Interlingua: Marte
• Irish: Mars (ga) m, Máirt (ga) m
• Italian: Marte (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: Maarz
• Japanese: 火星 (ja) (かせい, Kasei), マーズ (ja) (Māzu), マース (Māsu), マルス (Marusu)
• Javanese: jaka bèlèk (jv), Mars, Anggara
• Kalmyk: Мигмр (Migmr)
• Kannada: ಮಂಗಳ (kn) (maṅgaḷa)
• Kashubian: Mars m
• Kazakh: Қызылжұлдыз (Qyzyljūldyz), Аңырақай (Añyraqai), Марс (Mars)
• Khmer: អង្គារ (km) (ʼɑngkiə)
• Klamath-Modoc: taktakl̓i
• Kodava: ಚೌವ (cauva)
• Korean: 화성(火星) (ko) (Hwaseong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بارام (ckb) (baram), بەھرام (behram), مەریخ (ckb) (merîx)

  Northern Kurdish: Behram (ku), Mars (ku), Merîx (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Марс (Mars)
• Lao: ອັງຄານ (ʼang khān), ດາວອັງຄານ (lo) (dāo ʼang khān)
• Latin: Mārs (la) m
• Latvian: Marss m
• Lingala: Malasí, Marsí
• Lithuanian: Marsas (lt) m, Žiezdrė f
• Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦝ (ḋaawfay)
• Macedonian: Марс m (Mars)
• Malagasy: Marsa (mg)
• Malay: Marikh (ms), Mars
• Malayalam: ചൊവ്വ (ml) (covva)
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: mehqahtuwet anim
• Maltese: Mars, Marte m
• Manchu: ᡨᡠ᠋ᠸᠠ
  ᡠᠰᡳ᠍ᡥᠠ (tuwa usiha)
• Manx: Mart m
• Maori: Matawhero, Tūmatauenga
• Marathi: मंगळ (maṅgaḷ)
• Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (ʿlḥlʾn /⁠wahrām⁠/)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Ангараг (mn) (Angarag), Марс (mn) (Mars)

  Mongolian: ᠠᠩᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ (angɣarag), ᠮᠠᠷᠰ (mars)

• Navajo: Máaz
• Nepali: मङ्गल (maṅgala)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mars (no) m

• Occitan: Mart (oc) m
• Odia: ମଙ୍ଗଳ (or) (maṅgaḷa)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Арисъ m (Arisŭ)

• Ossetian: Марс (Mars)
• Pashto: مريخ m (marix)
• Persian:

  Dari: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx), بَهْرَام (bahrām), مَارْس (mārs)

  Iranian Persian: مِرّیخ (merrix), بَهْرام (bahrâm), مارْس (mârs)

• Polish: Mars (pl) m
• Portuguese: Marte (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮੰਗਲ (maṅgal)
• Quechua: Awqakuq, Atich'aska
• Romanian: Маrte m
• Russian: Марс (ru) m (Mars)
• Sanskrit: मङ्गल (sa) (maṅgala), रुधिर (sa) m (rudhira)
• Santali: ᱴᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (ṭiră ẽgel)
• Scottish Gaelic: Màrs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̏рс m

  Roman: Mȁrs (sh) m

• Shona: Murongazuva, Mrongazuva
• Silesian: Mars m
• Sinhalese: අඟහරු (aⁿgaharu)
• Slovak: Mars m
• Slovene: Márs (sl) m
• Somali: Farraare
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Mars m

• Spanish: Marte (es) m
• Swahili: Mirihi (sw), Meriki
• Swedish: Mars (sv) c
• Tagalog: Marte
• Tajik: Миррих (Mirrix), Баҳром (tg) (Bahrom)
• Tamil: செவ்வாய் (ta) (cevvāy)
• Tatar: Марс (Mars), Мәрих (Märix)
• Telugu: అంగారకుడు (te) (aṅgārakuḍu), రుధిరుడు (rudhiruḍu)
• Thai: ดาวอังคาร (daao ang-kaan), อังคาร (th) (ang-kaan)
• Tibetan: མིག་དམར (mig dmar)
• Tok Pisin: Mas (tpi)
• Tongan: Maʻasi
• Tswana: Mase
• Tumbuka: Chivuvuzi, Chanya la Chivuvuzi
• Turkish: Mars (tr), Kızıl Gezegen, Kızıldız, Bakırsokum (tr), Merih (tr) (archaic), Sakıt (tr) (archaic)
• Turkmen: Mars, Myrryh
• Ukrainian: Марс (uk) m (Mars)
• Urdu: مِرِّیخ m (mirrīx), مَن٘گَل (ur) m (maṅgal), بَہْرام m (bahrām)
• Uyghur: مارس (mars), مېرىخ (mërix)
• Uzbek: Mars, Mirrix (obsolete)
• Venetan: Marte m
• Vietnamese: sao Hoả (―火 (vi)), Hoả tinh (vi) (火星)
• Volapük: Mard
• Welsh: Mawrth (cy) m
• West Frisian: Mars
• Wolof: Maas
• Yiddish: מאַדים m (madim), מאַרס m (mars)
• Yoruba: Mársì
• Zhuang: Ndaundeiqfeiz
• Zulu: uMasi, uNotshezi

god of war

• Afrikaans: Mars
• Arabic: مَارِس (ar) m (māris)
• Armenian: Մարս (hy) (Mars)
• Asturian: Marte (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Mars (az)
• Basque: Martitz (eu)
• Belarusian: Марс m (Mars)
• Bengali: মার্স (marśo)
• Bulgarian: Марс m (Mars)
• Catalan: Mart (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎹᏏ (masi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 戰神／战神 (zin³ san⁴), 瑪斯／玛斯

  Mandarin: 戰神／战神 (zh) (Zhànshén), 瑪爾斯／玛尔斯 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrsī)

• Cornish: Meurth m
• Czech: Mars (cs) m
• Danish: Mars (da) c
• Dutch: Mars (nl) m
• Esperanto: Marso (eo)
• Estonian: Mars (et)
• Faroese: Mars m
• Finnish: Mars (fi)
• French: Mars (fr) m
• Galician: Marte (gl) m
• Georgian: მარსი (marsi)
• German: Mars (de) m
• Greek: Άρης (el) m (Áris)
• Hawaiian: Maleka
• Hebrew: מארס \ מַרְס m (mars)
• Hindi: मार्स m (mārs), मंगल (hi) m (maṅgal)
• Hungarian: Mars (hu)
• Icelandic: Mars (is) m
• Indonesian: Mars (id)
• Irish: Mars (ga) m
• Italian: Marte (it) m
• Japanese: マールス (ja) (Mārusu)
• Kazakh: Марс (Mars)
• Khmer: អង្គារ (km) (ʼɑngkiə)
• Korean: 마르스 (ko) (Mareuseu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بارام (ckb) (baram)

  Northern Kurdish: Mars (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Марс (Mars)
• Latin: Mārs (la) m
• Latvian: Marss m
• Lithuanian: Marsas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Марс m (Mars)
• Maltese: Marte m
• Marathi: मार्स m (mārsa)
• Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (ʿlḥlʾn /⁠wahrām⁠/)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Марс (mn) (Mars)

  Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠷᠰ (mars)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mars (no) m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Арисъ m (Arisŭ)

• Persian:

  Dari: مَارْس (mārs)

  Iranian Persian: مارْس (mârs)

• Polish: Mars (pl) m
• Portuguese: Marte (pt) m
• Romanian: Маrte
• Russian: Марс (ru) m (Mars)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̏рс m

  Roman: Mȁrs (sh) m

• Slovene: Márs (sl) m
• Spanish: Marte (es)
• Swahili: Maazi
• Swedish: Mars (sv) c
• Tagalog: Marte
• Tajik: Марс (Mars), Баҳром (tg) (Bahrom)
• Thai: มาร์ส
• Turkish: Mars (tr)
• Turkmen: Mars
• Ukrainian: Марс (uk) m (Mars)
• Urdu: مارْس m (mārs)
• Uzbek: Mars
• Vietnamese: thần chiến tranh
• Welsh: Mawrth (cy) m
• Yiddish: מאַרס m (mars)
• Zulu: uMasi

Noun

Mars (uncountable)

1. (heraldry, rare) Gules (red), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
   • 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 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.

   • 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 […]

   • 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 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. […]

   • 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 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.

2. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Iron.

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Phobos, Deimos

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Etymology 2

UK-style Mars bar

After Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars. His surname is possibly a variant of Marrs, itself from Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Short for Mars bar, a brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
   • 1985, Michael Collier, Longest Day, page 206:

     Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.

   • 2024 November 30, Nathan Briant, “Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation”, in BBC‎^[3]:

     A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation.

Derived terms

• Mars Bar party

Related terms

• M&M

Translations

brand of chocolate bar

• Armenian: Մարս (hy) (Mars)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪氏巧克力棒／玛氏巧克力棒 (Mǎshì qiǎokèlìbàng)

• Czech: Mars (cs) m
• Dutch: Mars (nl) m
• Estonian: Mars (et)
• Faroese: Mars n
• Finnish: Mars (fi)
• French: Mars (fr) m
• German: Mars (de) n
• Hebrew: מארס (mars)
• Hindi: मार्स m (mārs)
• Hungarian: Mars (hu)
• Italian: Mars (it) m
• Korean: 마즈 (ko) (Majeu)
• Latvian: Mars (lv)
• Macedonian: Марс m (Mars)
• Marathi: मार्स m (mārsa)
• Polish: Mars (pl) m
• Romanian: Mars (ro)
• Russian: Марс (ru) m (Mars)
• Swedish: Mars (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Mars (la) m (1, 2, 3)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Mars m (1, 2)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Mawrth (cy) m

Etymology 3

From Ukrainian Марс (Mars).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɹs/, /mɑ˞s/

Proper noun

Mars

1. A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Translations

village in Semenivka, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Ukraine

• Ukrainian: Марс (uk) m inan (Mars)

Further reading

• Mars, Chernihiv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Mars

1. Alternative form of Mas

Anagrams

• M.R.A.S., S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, ASMR, MSAR, Rams, RAMs, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, arms, ARMs, SRAM, rams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Mars.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mars

Proper noun

Mars

2. (astronomy) Mars
4. (Roman mythology) Mars

See also

• (planete van die Sonnestelsel) planete van die Sonnestelsel; Mercurius, Venus, Aarde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, Neptunus

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmars]
• Oblique cases of the inanimate sense are pronounced /marz-/.

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ars

Proper noun

Mars m inan (related adjective marsovský or marťanský or martský, demonym Marťan)

2. (inanimate) Mars, the fourth planet in the solar system

Declension

Declension of Mars (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsu
dative	Marsu
accusative	Mars
vocative	Marse
locative	Marsu
instrumental	Marsem

Proper noun

Mars m anim (related adjective Marsův or Martův)

2. (Roman mythology, animate) Mars, the Roman god of war

Declension

Declension of Mars (sg-only hard masculine animate irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marta
dative	Martovi, Martu
accusative	Marta
vocative	Marte
locative	Martovi, Martu
instrumental	Martem

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• “Mars”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Mars”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Mars”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
• Jitka Štindlová, Zaměřil dalekohled na Jupiter nebo na Jupitera?, Naše řeč, volume 49 (1966)

Danish

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)

See also

(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun ^[edit]

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Homophone: mars

Etymology 1

From Latin Mārs.

Proper noun

Mars m

2. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Related terms

• Maarten, Martijn, Martin, Martinus
• Maartje, Martine, Martina

Etymology 2

First attested as mersche in 1307. Derived from meers (“land next to water, swampland, pasture”).

Proper noun

Mars n

1. A neighborhood of Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/

Proper noun

Mars (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɹs/

Proper noun

Mars

1. March

   Synonym: Tedoxe

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʂː/
• Rhymes: -aʂː
• Homophone: mars

Proper noun

Mars m

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

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Mars
accusative	Mars
dative	Marsi
genitive	Mars

See also

• (planets of the solar system) gongustjørnur i sólskipanini; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ jørðin,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun ^[edit]

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Hyphenation^(key): Mars

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)
5. a surname

Declension

Inflection of Mars (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mars	Marsit
genitive		Marsin	Marsien
partitive		Marsia	Marseja
illative		Marsiin	Marseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Mars	Marsit
accusative	nom.	Mars	Marsit
	gen.	Marsin
genitive		Marsin	Marsien
partitive		Marsia	Marseja
inessive		Marsissa	Marseissa
elative		Marsista	Marseista
illative		Marsiin	Marseihin
adessive		Marsilla	Marseilla
ablative		Marsilta	Marseilta
allative		Marsille	Marseille
essive		Marsina	Marseina
translative		Marsiksi	Marseiksi
abessive		Marsitta	Marseitta
instructive		—	Marsein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mars (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Marsini Marsini accusative nom. Marsini Marsini gen. Marsini genitive Marsini Marsieni partitive Marsiani Marsejani inessive Marsissani Marseissani elative Marsistani Marseistani illative Marsiini Marseihini adessive Marsillani Marseillani ablative Marsiltani Marseiltani allative Marsilleni Marseilleni essive Marsinani Marseinani translative Marsikseni Marseikseni abessive Marsittani Marseittani instructive — — comitative — Marseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Marsisi Marsisi accusative nom. Marsisi Marsisi gen. Marsisi genitive Marsisi Marsiesi partitive Marsiasi Marsejasi inessive Marsissasi Marseissasi elative Marsistasi Marseistasi illative Marsiisi Marseihisi adessive Marsillasi Marseillasi ablative Marsiltasi Marseiltasi allative Marsillesi Marseillesi essive Marsinasi Marseinasi translative Marsiksesi Marseiksesi abessive Marsittasi Marseittasi instructive — — comitative — Marseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Marsimme Marsimme accusative nom. Marsimme Marsimme gen. Marsimme genitive Marsimme Marsiemme partitive Marsiamme Marsejamme inessive Marsissamme Marseissamme elative Marsistamme Marseistamme illative Marsiimme Marseihimme adessive Marsillamme Marseillamme ablative Marsiltamme Marseiltamme allative Marsillemme Marseillemme essive Marsinamme Marseinamme translative Marsiksemme Marseiksemme abessive Marsittamme Marseittamme instructive — — comitative — Marseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Marsinne Marsinne accusative nom. Marsinne Marsinne gen. Marsinne genitive Marsinne Marsienne partitive Marsianne Marsejanne inessive Marsissanne Marseissanne elative Marsistanne Marseistanne illative Marsiinne Marseihinne adessive Marsillanne Marseillanne ablative Marsiltanne Marseiltanne allative Marsillenne Marseillenne essive Marsinanne Marseinanne translative Marsiksenne Marseiksenne abessive Marsittanne Marseittanne instructive — — comitative — Marseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Marsinsa Marsinsa accusative nom. Marsinsa Marsinsa gen. Marsinsa genitive Marsinsa Marsiensa partitive Marsiaan Marsiansa Marsejaan Marsejansa inessive Marsissaan Marsissansa Marseissaan Marseissansa elative Marsistaan Marsistansa Marseistaan Marseistansa illative Marsiinsa Marseihinsa adessive Marsillaan Marsillansa Marseillaan Marseillansa ablative Marsiltaan Marsiltansa Marseiltaan Marseiltansa allative Marsilleen Marsillensa Marseilleen Marseillensa essive Marsinaan Marsinansa Marseinaan Marseinansa translative Marsikseen Marsiksensa Marseikseen Marseiksensa abessive Marsittaan Marsittansa Marseittaan Marseittansa instructive — — comitative — Marseineen Marseinensa

Derived terms

• marsilainen

 

See also

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star	Aurinko
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Maa (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Kuu	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Japetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Dysnomia

French

Etymology

Circa 1150, from Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mars m

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

Descendants

• → Persian: مارس (mârs)

German

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mars

Proper noun

Mars m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mars' or (with an article) Mars)

2. (Roman mythology) Mars

Declension

Declension of Mars [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mars
genitive	eines	des	Mars', Mars1
dative	einem	dem	Mars
accusative	einen	den	Mars

¹With an article.

Proper noun

Mars m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mars)

2. (astronomy) Mars

Derived terms

• Marsoberfläche

Declension

Declension of Mars [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mars
genitive	eines	des	Mars
dative	einem	dem	Mars
accusative	einen	den	Mars

Etymology 2

From Low German [Term?].

Noun

Mars m (strong, genitive Mars, plural Marse) or
Mars f (genitive Mars, plural Marsen)

1. (nautical) crow's nest

Declension

Declension of Mars [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mars	die	Marse
genitive	eines	des	Mars	der	Marse
dative	einem	dem	Mars	den	Marsen
accusative	einen	den	Mars	die	Marse

or

Declension of Mars [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mars	die	Marsen
genitive	einer	der	Mars	der	Marsen
dative	einer	der	Mars	den	Marsen
accusative	eine	die	Mars	die	Marsen

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) Planeten des Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)

References

• “Mars” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mars (Planet)” in Duden online
• “Mars (Römischer Gott)” in Duden online
• “Mars (Plattform, Schiff)” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrʃ]
• Hyphenation: Mars
• Rhymes: -ɒrʃ

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)
4. 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	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Marsé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Marséi	—

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

• marsi

Compound words

• Mars-lakó
• marslakó

 

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar̥s/
• Rhymes: -ar̥s
• Homophone: mars

Proper noun

Mars m (proper noun, genitive singular Mars)

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

Declension

Declension of Mars (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Mars
accusative	Mars
dative	Mars
genitive	Mars

See also

Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star	Sólin
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkúr	Venus	Jörðin	Mars	Seres	Júpíter	Satúrnus	Úranus	Neptúnus	Plútó	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Tunglið	Fóbos Deimos	—	Íó Evrópa Ganýmedes Kallistó	Mímas Enkeladus Teþis Díóne Rea Títan Japetus	Míranda Aríel Úmbríel Títanía Óberon	Tríton	Karon	Dysnómía

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Proper noun

Mars m (genitive Marsa)

2. Mars (planet)

   Synonym: Máirt

4. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Mars (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Mars vocative a Mhars genitive Marsa dative Mars forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Mars genitive an Mharsa dative leis an Mars don Mhars

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) Mearcair, Véineas, Domhan, Mars, Iúpatar, Satarn, Úránas, Neiptiún

Mutation

Mutated forms of Mars

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Mars	Mhars	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Mars”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Mars”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Mars”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis, or from Proto-Italic *Māmart-. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change. 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 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 (Mamartei) is attested. Possibly also related to Sanskrit मरुत् (marut, “Maruts, violent storm-gods”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːrs/, [mäːrs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mars/, [märs]

Proper noun

Mārs m sg (genitive Mārtis); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Mars (god of war)
2. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
3. (alchemy, chemistry) iron

Usage notes

The name of the god could, through 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 Ōthinus.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mārs
genitive	Mārtis
dative	Mārtī
accusative	Mārtem
ablative	Mārte
vocative	Mārs

Noun

Mārs m (genitive Mārtis); third declension

1. war, battle, conflict

   aequato Marte ― made equal the battle

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Mārs	Mārtēs
genitive	Mārtis	Mārtum
dative	Mārtī	Mārtibus
accusative	Mārtem	Mārtēs
ablative	Mārte	Mārtibus
vocative	Mārs	Mārtēs

Derived terms

• diēs Mārtis
• Mārcus
• mārtiālis
• mārtiaticus
• mārticola
• mārticultor
• Mārtigena
• Mārtīnus
• mārtiobarbulus
• mārtius

 

Descendants

• French: Mars
• Italian: Marte
• Portuguese: Marte
• Romanian: Marte
• Sicilian: Marti
• Spanish: Marte
• → Middle English: Mars

References

• Dizionario-latino, Olivetti

Latvian

Proper noun

Mars m

1. vocative singular of Marss

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/

Proper noun

Mars

1. The Roman god governing war; Mars.
2. The red-coloured planet visible to the naked eye: Mars.

Synonyms

• Marte

Related terms

• marcyan

Descendants

• English: Mars

See also

• mars

References

• “Mars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Norwegian Mars.

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• (planets) Merkur, Venus, Eana, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːrs/, [maːʂ]

Proper noun

Mars

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

See also

• (planets) planet; Merkur, Venus, jorda, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Polish

Picture dictionary

Układ Słoneczny

Słońce

Merkury

Wenus

Ziemia

Księżyc

Mars

Jowisz

Saturn

Uran

Neptun

kometa

pas planetoid

orbita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmars/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ars
• Syllabification: Mars

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Mārs. Doublet of marzec.

Proper noun

Mars m pers (related adjective marsowy)

1. (Roman mythology) Mars (Roman god of war)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsowi
accusative	Marsa
instrumental	Marsem
locative	Marsie
vocative	Marsie

Proper noun

Mars m animal (related adjective marsjański)

1. Mars (the fourth planet from the Sun)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsowi
accusative	Marsa
instrumental	Marsem
locative	Marsie
vocative	Marsie

Derived terms

nouns

• Marsjanin
• Marsjanka

 

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Etymology 2

After Franklin Clarence Mars founder of Mars, Incorporated.

Noun

Mars m animal

1. Mars bar (chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular	plural
nominative	Mars	Marsy
genitive	Marsa	Marsów
dative	Marsowi	Marsom
accusative	Marsa	Marsy
instrumental	Marsem	Marsami
locative	Marsie	Marsach
vocative	Marsie	Marsy

Further reading

• Mars in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Mars in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mârs/

Proper noun

Mȁrs m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рс)

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

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsu
accusative	Mars(a)
vocative	Marsu
locative	Marsu
instrumental	Marsem

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːrs/

Proper noun

Mȃrs m anim

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

Inflection

Planet:

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Márs
genitive	Mársa
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Márs
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Mársa
dative (dajȃlnik)	Mársu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Márs
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Mársu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Mársom

God (or sometimes the planet):

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Márs
genitive	Mársa
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Márs
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Mársa
dative (dajȃlnik)	Mársu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Mársa
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Mársu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Mársom

See also

(planets of the Solar System) planéti osónčja; Merkúr, Vénera, Zémlja, Márs, Júpiter, Satúrn, Urán, Neptún

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/
• IPA^(key): /maʂː/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mars c (genitive Mars)

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

See also

• mars (the month)

Anagrams

• arms, rams

Tatar

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)

Declension

    declension of Mars

Nominative	Mars
Genitive	Marsnıñ
Dative	Marsqa
Accusative	Marsnı
Locative	Marsta
Ablative	Marstan

References

• 8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta...

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English March.

Proper noun

Mars

1. March

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) Jenueri, Februeri, Mars, Epril, Mei, Jun, Julai, Ogas, Septemba, Oktoba, Novemba, Disemba ^{(Category: tpi:Months)}

Turkish

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars (planet)

   Synonym: Merih

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Wolof

Noun

Mars

1. March

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 155