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marc

/maʁ/

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”).

noun, masculine/maʁ/plural: marcs

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”).