how to pronounce marquise

/maʁ.kiz/

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marquise is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of marquise

noun:

Awning, marquee (projecting canopy over an entrance).
Marchioness (a member of foreign nobility).
A type of finger-ring.

name:

A small town in the Pas-de-Calais department of Hauts-de-France.

marquise frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word marquise occurs in french on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.