noun, masculine/maʁ/plural: marcs
pomace, marc; grounds (e.g. from coffee)
From Middle French marc (14th c.), deverbal from marcher (“to trample, walk over”).
/maʁ/
pomace, marc; grounds (e.g. from coffee)
From Middle French marc (14th c.), deverbal from marcher (“to trample, walk over”).
a weight, especially of gold and silver, equivalent to ca. 245 grams
Related: au marc le franc
From Old French marc (12th c.), from Frankish *mark. Doublet of mark. Also related with marque and marche (“frontier”).