Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK)A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.

    Festzelt

    шатёрšatjór

    шатроšatro

    large and often sumptuous tent

  2. (US)A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.

    Vordach, Markise

    марки́заmarkíza, наве́сnavés

    permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

  3. (US)Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.

  4. An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.

  5. (Internet)A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.

    Lauftext, Laufschrift

  6. In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

    Rectangular Marquee Tool

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The marquee collapsed halfway through the band's set.

    deDas Zelt brach nach der Hälfte des Auftritts der Band zusammen.

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  2. There was a bar inside the marquee at the village fete selling lukewarm beer and cider.

    deEs gab im Zelt auf dem Dorffest auch eine Theke, wo lauwarmes Bier und Apfelwein verkauft wurden.

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  3. The wedding reception was held in a marquee erected in the grounds of a stately home.

    deDer Hochzeitsempfang fand in einem Festzelt statt, das auf dem Gelände eines herrschaftlichen Anwesens errichtet worden war.

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  4. Many theaters still have marquee signs over their entrances, advertising the current films being shown to passersby.

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  5. The Marquee was a famous music venue in London.

    deDas Marquee war ein berühmter Konzertsaal in London.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
large tent:
Русский
By meaning 2
large tent:
projecting canopy:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
large tent:
projecting canopy:
a banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally:

Origin

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”)

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque.

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Forms

plural: marquees
Singularmarquee
Pluralmarquees

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
big topmarching antschase lightschaser lights
Close in meaning
  • permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.:marquise
  • large and often sumptuous tent:pavilion

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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