marquee (redirected from marquees)

mar·quee  (mär-k)

n.

1. A large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment.

2. A rooflike structure, often bearing a signboard, projecting over an entrance, as to a theater or hotel. Also called marquise.

adj.

Being an athlete of exceptional skill and popularity: The team is hoping to sign a marquee player.

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[French marquise, marquise, marquee; see marquise.]

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marquee [mɑːˈkiː]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a large tent used for entertainment, exhibition, etc.

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called marquise Chiefly US and Canadian a canopy over the entrance to a theatre, hotel, etc.

3. (modifier) Chiefly US and Canadian celebrated or pre-eminent a marquee player

[C17 (originally an officer's tent): invented singular form of marquise, erroneously taken to be plural]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marquee - large and often sumptuous tent       pavilion collapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek"
	2.	marquee - permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. marquise canopy - a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather

Translations

marquee [mɑːˈkiː] N (esp Brit) (= tent) → carpa f; (open-sided) → entoldado m (US) (over doorway) → marquesina f

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marquee [mɑː^rˈkiː] n → chapiteau m

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marquee

n

→ Festzelt nt

(US: of theatre etc) → Vordach nt, → Canopy nt; his name’s on all the marquees → sein Name ist auf allen Anzeigetafeln zu sehen

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marquee [mɑːˈkiː] n → grande tenda, padiglione m

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marquee [mɑːˈkiː] n → grande tenda, padiglione m

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marquee

n marquee [maːˈkiː]

a very large tent used for circuses, parties etc They hired a marquee for their party. markiestent طُنْف: خَيْمَه واسِعَه шатра velký stan stort telt; festtelt großes Zelt μεγάλη σκηνή, τέντα carpa suurtelk خیمه بزرگ teltta grande tente אוֹהֶל גָדוֹל शामियाना velik šator nagy sátor tenda besar stórt hátíðatjald tendone 大テント 대형 천막 didelė palapinė liela telts khemah grote tent stort telt, baldakin duży namiot tenda grande cort mare шатёр veľký stan velik šotor šator cirkustält, partytält เต็นท์ขนาดใหญ่ büyük çadır 大帳篷 великий намет, шатро بڑا خیمہ lều vải 大帐篷