"March" in seven languages
MeaningMarch
Spanish
marzo
/ˈmaɾθo/
masc.inherited
French
mars
/maʁs/
masc.inherited
Italian
marzo
/ˈmartso/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
março
/ˈmahsu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
martie
/ˈmartie/
masc.learned
The old folk name was mărțișor, now the red-and-white token given on 1 March.
Catalan
març
/mars/
masc.inherited
English
March
/mɑɹtʃ/
from Latin/French · Anglo-Norman marche, Latin MARTIUS
English → ItalianMarchmarzoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MARTIUM‘(month) of Mars’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The month of Mars, god of war, which opened the old Roman year. TI before a vowel became a z-sound in Spanish and Italian; French mars still pronounces its s.
English relatives: martial, Mars
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In a sentence
- esLa primavera empieza en marzo.
- frLe printemps commence en mars.
- itLa primavera comincia a marzo.
- ptA primavera começa em março.
- roPrimăvara începe în martie.
- caLa primavera comença al març.
- enSpring begins in March.