What does "mars" mean?
plural of mar
Mars
/ˈmɑɹz/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: plural of mar
- Grammar: mars is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: agdistis, amor, aphrodite, apollo.
- Useful contrasts: blue planet, Earth, flawlessness.
- Usage evidence: It won't be long before we can travel to Mars.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of mar form-of, plural
- 2 Gules (red), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets. rare, uncountable
"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."
- 3 Alternative form of Mas. alt-of, alternative
- 4 Abbreviation of multicast address resolution server. abbreviation, alt-of
- 5 Iron. obsolete, uncountable
"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)."
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of mar form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
- 1 The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂
"Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos."
- 2 A surname.
"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."
- 3 A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
- 4 Initialism of Military Auxiliary Radio System. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 The Roman god of war. Roman
"Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia."
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- 6 A brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
"Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures."
- 7 Acronym of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 8 War; a personification of war. poetic
"In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe."
Antonyms
Example
"It won't be long before we can travel to Mars."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mars"?
Common synonyms include: agdistis, amor, aphrodite, apollo, apollon, ares.
How do you use "mars" in a sentence?
It won't be long before we can travel to Mars.
How do you pronounce "mars"?
Pronounced /ˈmɑɹz/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 BCE) Māvors.
Etymology 2
Possibly a variant of Marrs, itself from Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s. The Mars bar was named after Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.
Etymology 3
From Ukrainian Марс (Mars).
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.