Mars

Mars

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mars"

English

Statue of the Roman god Mars (etymology 1, proper noun sense 2) from the Forum of Nerva

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (god of war), from Old Latin Māvors.

Proper noun

Mars (usually uncountable, plural (rare) Marses)

  1. (astronomy, uncountable) 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.
    • 2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer[3], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 March 2025:
      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.”
  2. (Roman mythology, uncountable) The Roman god of war.
    Coordinate terms: Bellona, Enyo (Greco-Roman goddesses of war)
    Near-synonym: Ares (Greek counterpart)
    Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia.
  3. (poetic, countable, plural Marses) War, personified.
    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
Translations

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.
    • 2013, John Read, From Alchemy to Chemistry[4]:
      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

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

Mars brand logo
UK-style Mars bar

Possibly a variant of Marrs,[1] itself from Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s.[2]

The Mars bar was named after Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.

Proper noun

Mars (plural Marses)

  1. A surname.
    • 1929 November 21, “Miss Mars to Wed H. Grell Powers: Her Troth to New Yorker Is Announced by Her Father at a Luncheon at Park Lane. []”, in The New York Times[5], volume LXXIX, number 26,234, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 September 2025, page 23, column 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.
    • 2006 April 29, Nadine Brozan, “Florence L[atimer] Mars, 83, Who Was Spurned for Rights Work, Dies”, in The New York Times[6], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 November 2020:
      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.
    • 2008 September 3, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Historic Fort Sustains a Breach”, in The New York Times[7], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 January 2018:
      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 E[dward] 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.
  2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) 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.
    • 2015, Cari Hunter, No Good Reason, Valley Falls, N.Y.: Bold Strokes Books, →ISBN, page 232:
      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.”
    • 2024 November 30, Nathan Briant, “Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation”, in BBC[8]:
      A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation.
Derived terms
Translations
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Further reading

Etymology 3

    Borrowed 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

    Further reading

    Etymology 4

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    Mars

    1. Alternative form of Mas.

    References

    1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mars”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521.
    2. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marrs”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521.

    Anagrams

    Afrikaans

    Etymology

    From Dutch Mars.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: Mars

    Proper noun

    Mars

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

    See also

    Czech

    Pronunciation

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

    Proper noun

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

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

    Declension

    Proper noun

    Mars m anim (relational adjective Marsův or Martův)

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

    Declension

    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

    Danish

    Etymology

    From Latin Mars.

    Proper noun

    Mars (genitive Mars')

    1. Mars (planet)
    2. (Roman mythology) Mars

    See also

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mɑrs/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: Mars
    • Rhymes: -ɑrs
    • Homophone: mars

    Etymology 1

    From Latin Mārs.

    Proper noun

    Mars m

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

    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])

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

    Ewe

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German Mars.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /márs/

    Proper noun

    Mars

    1. March (month)
      Coordinate term: (native term) Tedoxe

    See also

    Faroese

    Etymology

    From Latin Mārs.

    Pronunciation

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

    Proper noun

    Mars m

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

    Declension

    singular
    indefinite
    nominative Mars
    accusative Mars
    dative Marsi
    genitive Mars

    See also

    Finnish

    Etymology

    From Latin Mārs.

    Pronunciation

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

    Proper noun

    Mars

    1. Mars (planet)
    2. Mars (Roman god)
    3. (uncommon) a Swedish 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

    Statistics

    • The surname Mars belongs to 31 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

    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

    Proper noun

    Mars m or f

    1. Mars (planet)

    Proper noun

    Mars m

    1. Mars (Roman god)

    Descendants

    • Persian: مارس (mârs)

    See also

    Solar System in French · système solaire (layout · text)
    Star Soleil
    IAU planets and
    notable dwarf planets
    Mercure Vénus Terre Mars Cérès Jupiter Saturne Uranus Neptune Pluton Éris
    Notable
    moons
    Lune Phobos
    Deimos
    Io
    Europe
    Ganymède
    Callisto
    Mimas
    Encelade
    Téthys
    Dioné
    Rhéa
    Titan
    Japet

    Miranda
    Ariel
    Umbriel
    Titania
    Obéron
    Triton Charon Dysnomie

    German

    Etymology 1

      Learned borrowing from Latin Mārs.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈmaʁs/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Hyphenation: Mars

      Proper noun

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

      1. (Roman mythology) Mars
      Declension

      Proper noun

      Mars m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mars)

      1. (astronomy) Mars
      Declension

      Derived terms

      • Marsoberfläche

      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

      or

      See also

      References

      Hungarian

      Etymology

      From Latin Mārs.

      Pronunciation

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

      Proper noun

      Mars

      1. Mars (planet)
      2. 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

      Compound words

      Icelandic

      Etymology

      From Latin Mārs.

      Pronunciation

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

      Proper noun

      Mars m (proper noun, genitive singular Mars)

      1. Mars (planet)
      2. 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

      Indonesian

      Etymology

      From Dutch Mars, from Latin Mars.

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Mars

      1. Mars
        1. (astronomy) the fourth planet in the Solar System; represented by the symbol ♂
          Synonym: Marikh (rare)
        2. (Roman mythology) the Roman god of war

      Synonyms

      See also

      Solar System in Indonesian · Tata Surya (layout · text)
      Star Matahari
      IAU planets and
      notable dwarf planets
      Merkurius Venus Bumi Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturnus Uranus Neptunus Pluto Eris
      Notable
      moons
      Bulan Fobos
      Deimos
      Io
      Europa
      Ganimede
      Kalisto
      Mimas
      Enseladus
      Tetis
      Dione
      Rea
      Titan
      Iapetus

      Miranda
      Ariel
      Umbriel
      Titania
      Oberon
      Triton Kharon Disnomia

      Further reading

      Irish

      Etymology

      From Latin Mārs.

      Proper noun

      Mars m (genitive Marsa)

      1. Mars (planet)
        Synonym: Máirt
      2. Mars (Roman god)

      Declension

      Declension of Mars (third declension, no plural)
      bare forms
      singular
      nominative Mars
      vocative a Mhars
      genitive Marsa
      dative Mars
      forms with the definite article
      singular
      nominative an Mars
      genitive an Mharsa
      dative leis an Mars
      don Mhars

      See also

      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 [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Mars”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • Mars”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

      Latin

      Etymology

        From Old Latin Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis,[1] or from Proto-Italic *Māmart-. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change.[2] 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).[3]

        Pronunciation

        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.

        Noun

        Mārs m (genitive Mārtis); third declension

        1. war, battle, conflict
          aequato Martemade equal the battle

        Declension

        Third-declension noun.

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        References

        1. ^ Walde, Alois & Hofmann, Johann Baptist. 1954. Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd vol. (M-Z), 3rd edition, pp. 43-45.
        2. ^ de Vaan, Michiel. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, p. 366.
        3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 322

        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

        Descendants

        See also

        References

        Northern Sami

        Etymology

        From Norwegian Mars.

        Pronunciation

        Proper noun

        Mars

        1. Mars (planet)

        Inflection

        This noun needs an inflection-table template.

        See also

        Further reading

        • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[10], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

        Norwegian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /maːrs/, [maːʂ]

        Proper noun

        Mars

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

        See also

        Polish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈmars/
        • Audio 1:(file)
        • Audio 2:(file)
        • 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

        Proper noun

        Mars m animal (related adjective marsjański)

        1. Mars (the fourth planet from the Sun)
        Declension
        Derived terms

        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

        Further reading

        • Mars”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[11] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • Mars”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[12] (in Polish)

        Serbo-Croatian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /mârs/

        Proper noun

        Mȁrs m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рс)

        1. (inanimate) Mars (planet)
        2. (animate) Mars (Roman god)

        Declension

        inanimate
        animate

        Slovene

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /máːrs/

        Proper noun

        Mȃrs m anim

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

        Declension

        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

        Swedish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /mars/
        • IPA(key): /maʂː/
        • Audio:(file)

        Proper noun

        planet
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        Mars c (genitive Mars)

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

        See also

        Anagrams

        Tatar

        Proper noun

        Mars

        1. Mars (planet)
          • 2006 August 24, Ali Ğilmi, quoting Dr. Binzel, “Astronomiä: Küktä 8 planet qaldı, Pluto "kärlägä" äylände”, in Azatlıq radiosı[13]:
            "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.
            (please add an English translation of this quotation)

        Declension

        Declension of Mars
        nominative Mars
        genitive Marsnıñ
        dative Marsqa
        accusative Marsnı
        locative Marsta
        ablative Marstan

        Tok Pisin

        Etymology

        From English March.

        Proper noun

        Mars

        1. March

        See also

        Turkish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾs/

        Proper noun

        Mars

        1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
          Synonyms: Merih, Sakıt
        2. (Roman mythology) Mars (Roman god)

        Declension

        Declension of Mars
        singular plural
        nominative Mars Marslar / Mars'lar
        accusative Mars'ı Marsları / Mars'ları
        dative Mars'a Marslara / Mars'lara
        locative Mars'ta Marslarda / Mars'larda
        ablative Mars'tan Marslardan / Mars'lardan
        genitive Mars'ın Marsların / Mars'ların

        See also

        Solar System in Turkish · Güneş Sistemi (layout · text)
        Star Güneş
        IAU planets and
        notable dwarf planets
        Merkür Venüs Dünya
        yerküre
        Mars Ceres Jüpiter Satürn Uranüs Neptün Plüton Eris
        Notable
        moons
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        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

        Etymology

        From French mars.

        Noun

        Mars

        1. March

        References

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