Mars

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The planet Mars (etymology 1, proper noun sense 1)

Statue of the Roman god Mars (etymology 1, proper noun sense 2) from the Forum of Nerva

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

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Etymology 1

From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from Old Latin Māvors.

Proper noun

Mars (usually uncountable, plural (rare) Marses)

2. (astronomy, uncountable) The fourth planet in the solar system, a rocky planet distinguished by a red coloration chiefly produced by ferrihydrite.

   Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.

   • 1953, John Wyndham [pseudonym; John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris], “Phase One”, in The Kraken Wakes, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, published 1966, page 12:

     ‘There’s another one. There can’t be two Marses,’ said Phyllis. / And sure enough there was. A smaller red point, a little up from, and to the right of, the first.

   • 1964 November 30, Philip K[indred] Dick, “[To Carol Carr]”, in The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, volume 1 (1938–1971), Grass Valley, Calif.: Underwood Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 136:

     Well, see, we’re building a steam-driven solar system from a kit. (Cheaper than the Japanese miniaturized, transistorized models, which have two Marses and no Earth sometimes.)

   • 1977, Ian Watson, “Mummy-cloth”, in The Martian Inca, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, section four, page 47:

     The planet Mars, seen by Cro-Magnon eyes, presumably was a blue summer world with air and water. Winter Mars, seen by modem man, a red ice-capped desert. Two Marses coincided briefly in his mind’s eye, then rushed apart into endless cycles of Red and Blue … Human fingers intended to halt Mars at the moment of perfection, and hold a whole world there!

   • 2018 September 22, Marissa Carruthers, “Five of the best places to go off grid in Asia, get back to nature and away from office phone calls”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 September 2018, Travel & Leisure:

     With its Mars-like landscape, visiting Gurbantunggut Desert feels like escaping to another world.

   • 2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 March 2025:

     Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”

4. (Roman mythology, uncountable) The Roman god of war.

   Coordinate terms: Bellona, Enyo (Greco-Roman goddesses of war)

   Near-synonym: Ares (Greek counterpart)

   Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia.

5. (poetic, countable, plural Marses) War, personified.

   In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe.

   • 1918, Ruth Stanley Farnam, A Nation at Bay: What an American Woman Saw and Did in Suffering Serbia, page 57:

     Mars rode upon the storm of horror and drank his fill of pain and blood. When the Serbian Army retreated before the foe, four times its own strength, it went backward facing the enemy and fighting every step of the way.

   • 1944, McGraw-Hill, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 145, page 54:

     A relieved world then will eagerly turn to the task of reclaiming the destruction wrought by Mars ... A tremendous task, filled with infinite possibilities ... A profitable task, according to how well you are prepared to do your part in the rehabilitation ...

   • 1975, Helen Diane Russell, Jeffrey Blanchard, Jacques Callot: Prints & Related Drawings, Issue 21, page 10:

     The plague, inevitable companion of Mars, ravaged the populace.

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ♂; (astrology) lesser malefic, malefic

Derived terms

• crocus of Mars
• Marsbound
• Marsform
• Mars Hill
• Marslike
• Marsling
• marsling
• marsquake
• Marsscape
• martial
• Martian
• plain of Mars
• proto-Mars

Translations

planet

• Abkhaz: Марс (Mars)
• Afrikaans: Mars (af)
• Albanian: Marsi (sq) m, Mars m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ማርስ (mars)
• Arabic: الْمِرِّيخ m (al-mirrīḵ)

  South Levantine Arabic: المريخ (il-marrīḵ)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ m (nirgāl)

• Armenian: Մարս (hy) (Mars), Հրատ (Hrat)
• Assamese: মঙ্গল (moṅgol)
• Asturian: Marte (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Mars (az), Mərrix (obsolete)
• Bashkir: Марс (Mars)
• Basque: Martitz (eu)
• Belarusian: Марс m (Mars)
• Bengali: মঙ্গল (bn) (moṅgol)
• Breton: Meurzh (br) m
• Bulgarian: Марс m (Mars)
• Burmese: အင်္ဂါ (my) (angga)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Марс m (Mars)
• Catalan: Mart (ca) m
• Chechen: Марс (Mars)
• Cherokee: ᎹᏏ (masi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 火星 (fo² sing¹)

  Eastern Min: 火星 (Huŏ-sĭng)

  Hakka: 火星 (Fó-sên)

  Hokkien: 火星 (zh-min-nan) (hóe-chheⁿ, hé-chhiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 火星 (zh) (Huǒxīng)

  Wu: 火星 (⁵hu-shin)

• Chuvash: Марс (Mars)
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ (molokh)
• Cornish: Meurth m
• Corsican: Marte
• Crimean Tatar: Merih
• Czech: Mars (cs) m
• Danish: Mars (da) c
• Dutch: Mars (nl) m
• Dzongkha: མིག་དམར (mig dmar)
• Esperanto: Marso (eo)
• Estonian: Marss (et)
• Fijian: Aceni
• Finnish: Mars (fi)
• French: Mars (fr) m or f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Mars

• Galician: Marte (gl) m
• Georgian: მარსი (marsi)
• German: Mars (de) m
• Greek: Άρης (el) m (Áris)

  Ancient Greek: Τόλμα f (Tólma), Πυρόεις m (Puróeis), Ηρακλής m (Ēraklḗs)

• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Mbyja Pytã

• Gujarati: મંગળ (maṅgaḷ)
• Haitian Creole: Mas, Mas
• Hawaiian: Hōkūʻula
• Hebrew: מַאֲדִים (he) m (ma’adim)
• Hindi: मंगल (hi) (maṅgal), अंगारक (hi) m (aṅgārak), रुधिर (hi) m (rudhir)
• Hungarian: Mars (hu)
• Icelandic: Mars (is) m
• Ido: Marso (io)
• Indonesian: Mars (id)
• Interlingua: Marte
• Irish: Mars (ga) m, Máirt (ga) m
• Italian: Marte (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: Maarz
• Japanese: 火星 (ja) (かせい, Kasei), マーズ (ja) (Māzu), マース (Māsu), マルス (ja) (Marusu)
• Javanese: jaka bèlèk (jv), Mars, Anggara
• Kalmyk: Мигмр (Migmr)
• Kannada: ಮಂಗಳ (kn) (maṅgaḷa)
• Kashubian: Mars m
• Kazakh: Қызылжұлдыз (Qızıljuldız), Аңырақай (Aŋıraqay)
• Khmer: អង្គារ (km) (ʼɑngkiə)
• Klamath-Modoc: taktakl̓i
• Kodava: ಚೌವ (cauva)
• Korean: 화성(火星) (ko) (Hwaseong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بارام (ckb) (baram), بەھرام (behram), مەریخ (ckb) (merîx)

  Northern Kurdish: Behram (ku), Mars (ku), Merîx (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Марс (Mars)
• Lao: ອັງຄານ (ʼang khān), ດາວອັງຄານ (lo) (dāo ʼang khān)
• Latin: Mārs (la) m
• Latvian: Marss m
• Lingala: Malasí, Marsí
• Lithuanian: Marsas (lt) m, Žiezdrė f
• Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦝ (ḋaawfay)
• Macedonian: Марс m (Mars)
• Malagasy: Marsa (mg)
• Malay: Marikh (ms)
• Malayalam: ചൊവ്വ (ml) (covva)
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: mehqahtuwet anim
• Maltese: Mars, Marte m
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᠸᠠ
  ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (tuwa usiha)
• Manx: Mart m
• Māori: Matawhero, Tūmatauenga
• Marathi: मंगळ (maṅgaḷ)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Ангараг (mn) (Angarag), Марс (mn) (Mars)

  Mongolian script: ᠠᠩᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ (angɣaraɣ), ᠮᠠᠷᠰ (mars)

• Nahuatl: Chīchīlcītlalpol, Huītzilōpōchcītlalli
• Navajo: Máaz
• Nepali: मङ्गल (maṅgala)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mars (no) m

• Occitan: Mart (oc) m
• Odia: ମଙ୍ଗଳ (or) (maṅgaḷa)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Арисъ m (Arisŭ)

• Old Norse: þrekstjarna f
• Ossetian: Марс (Mars)
• Pashto: مريخ m (marix)
• Persian:

  Dari: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx), بَهْرَام (bahrām), مَارْس (mārs)

  Iranian Persian: مِرّیخ (merrix), بَهْرام (bahrâm), مارْس (mârs)

  Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (ʿlḥlʾn /⁠wahrām⁠/)

• Polish: Mars (pl) m
• Portuguese: Marte (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮੰਗਲ (maṅgal)
• Quechua: Awqakuq, Atich'aska
• Romanian: Маrte m
• Russian: Марс (ru) m (Mars)
• Sanskrit: मङ्गल (sa) (maṅgala), रुधिर (sa) m (rudhira)
• Santali: ᱴᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (sat)
• Scottish Gaelic: Màrs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̏рс m

  Latin: Mȁrs (sh) m

• Shona: Murongazuva, Mrongazuva
• Silesian: Mars m
• Sinhalese: අඟහරු (aⁿgaharu)
• Slovak: Mars m
• Slovene: Márs (sl) m
• Somali: Farraare
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Mars m

• Southern Altai: Марс (Mars)
• Spanish: Marte (es) m
• Swahili: Mirihi (sw), Meriki
• Swedish: Mars (sv) c
• Tagalog: Marte
• Tajik: Миррих (Mirrix), Баҳром (tg) (Bahrom)
• Tamil: செவ்வாய் (ta) (cevvāy)
• Tatar: Марс (Mars), Мәрих (Märix)
• Telugu: అంగారకుడు (te) (aṅgārakuḍu), రుధిరుడు (rudhiruḍu)
• Thai: ดาวอังคาร (daao ang-kaan), อังคาร (th) (ang-kaan)
• Tibetan: མིག་དམར (mig dmar)
• Tok Pisin: Mas (tpi)
• Tongan: Maʻasi
• Tswana: Mase
• Tumbuka: Chivuvuzi, Chanya la Chivuvuzi
• Turkish: Mars (tr), Kızıl Gezegen, Kızıldız, Bakırsokum (tr), Merih (tr) (archaic), Sakıt (tr) (archaic)
• Turkmen: Mars, Myrryh
• Ukrainian: Марс (uk) m (Mars)
• Unami: màxkalànkw
• Urdu: مِرِّیخ m (mirrīx), مَن٘گَل (ur) m (maṅgal), بَہْرام m (bahrām), جَلّادِ فَلَک m (jallād-i falak) (poetic)
• Uyghur: مارس (mars), مېرىخ (mërix)
• Uzbek: Mars, Mirrix (obsolete)
• Venetan: Marte m
• Vietnamese: sao Hoả (―火 (vi)), Hoả tinh (vi) (火星)
• Volapük: Mard
• Welsh: Mawrth (cy) m
• Wolof: Maas
• Yiddish: מאַדים m (madim), מאַרס m (mars)
• Yoruba: Mársì
• Zhuang: Ndaundeiqfeiz
• Zulu: uMasi, uNotshezi

god of war

• Afrikaans: Mars (af)
• Arabic: مَارِس (ar) m (māris)
• Armenian: Մարս (hy) (Mars)
• Asturian: Marte (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Mars (az)
• Basque: Martitz (eu)
• Belarusian: Марс m (Mars)
• Bengali: মার্স (marśo)
• Bulgarian: Марс m (Mars)
• Catalan: Mart (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎹᏏ (masi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 戰神 / 战神 (zin³ san⁴), 瑪斯 / 玛斯

  Mandarin: 戰神 / 战神 (zh) (Zhànshén), 瑪爾斯 / 玛尔斯 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrsī)

• Cornish: Meurth m
• Czech: Mars (cs) m
• Danish: Mars (da) c
• Dutch: Mars (nl) m
• Esperanto: Marso (eo)
• Estonian: Mars (et)
• Faroese: Mars m
• Finnish: Mars (fi)
• French: Mars (fr) m
• Galician: Marte (gl) m
• Georgian: მარსი (marsi)
• German: Mars (de) m
• Greek: Άρης (el) m (Áris)
• Hawaiian: Maleka
• Hebrew: מארס \ מַרְס m (mars)
• Hindi: मार्स m (mārs), मंगल (hi) m (maṅgal)
• Hungarian: Mars (hu)
• Icelandic: Mars (is) m
• Indonesian: Mars (id)
• Irish: Mars (ga) m
• Italian: Marte (it) m
• Japanese: マールス (ja) (Mārusu)
• Kazakh: Марс (Mars)
• Khmer: អង្គារ (km) (ʼɑngkiə)
• Korean: 마르스 (ko) (Mareuseu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بارام (ckb) (baram)

  Northern Kurdish: Mars (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Марс (Mars)
• Latin: Mārs (la) m
• Latvian: Marss m
• Lithuanian: Marsas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Марс m (Mars)
• Maltese: Marte m
• Marathi: मार्स m (mārsa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Марс (mn) (Mars)

  Mongolian script: ᠮᠠᠷᠰ (mars)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mars (no) m

• Odia: ମାରସ୍ (māras)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Арисъ m (Arisŭ)

• Persian:

  Dari: مَارْس (mārs)

  Iranian Persian: مارْس (mârs)

  Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (ʿlḥlʾn /⁠wahrām⁠/)

• Polish: Mars (pl) m
• Portuguese: Marte (pt) m
• Romanian: Маrte
• Russian: Марс (ru) m (Mars)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̏рс m

  Latin: Mȁrs (sh) m

• Slovene: Márs (sl) m
• Spanish: Marte (es)
• Swahili: Maazi
• Swedish: Mars (sv) c
• Tagalog: Marte
• Tajik: Марс (Mars), Баҳром (tg) (Bahrom)
• Thai: มาร์ส
• Turkish: Mars (tr)
• Turkmen: Mars
• Ukrainian: Марс (uk) m (Mars)
• Urdu: مارْس m (mārs)
• Uzbek: Mars
• Vietnamese: thần chiến tranh
• Welsh: Mawrth (cy) m
• Yiddish: מאַרס m (mars)
• Zulu: uMasi

Noun

Mars (uncountable)

1. (heraldry, rare) Gules (red), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
   • 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:

     4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales. 5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol. [...] 12. Venus, a Staff in Pale Sol, and thereupon a Cross Pattee, Luna surmounted off a Pall of the last, charged with 4. like Crosses fitched Saturn, edged and stringed as the second. This Coat belongs to the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury, to whose place it appertains to Crown and Inaugurate the Kings of England.

   • 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry [...] Second Edition:

     George [...] Ist. Mars, three Lions passant guardant in Pale Sol, for the Arms of England, Impal'd with Scotland, i.e. Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure counterflory Mars. 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland. 4th. Seme party per Pale, and per Chevron enarche, in the Ist Mars, two Lions passant guardant Sol, for Brunswick. In the 2d Partition Sol, semy of Hearts Mars, and a Lion rampant Jupiter, armed and langued of the First, for Luneburg. The base is Mars, a Horse currant Luna, over these last on an Inescocheon, Constantine's Crown. All within the Garter. Above the whole a Helmet suitable to his Majesty's Royal Jurisdiction, upon the same a rich Mantle of Cloth of Gold, doubled Ermine, a […]

   • 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:

     8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c. […]

   • 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:

     ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.

2. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Iron.
   • 2013, John Read, From Alchemy to Chemistry‎^[4]:

     The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo hear anon. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is quyksilver; Saturnian leed; and Jubitur is tyn, and Venus coper, by my fathers kyn.’ […] Corresponding names were bestowed upon salts of these metals by the alchemists, and some of them have persisted down to the present day. Some examples are lunar caustic (silver nitrate); vitriol of Venus (copper sulphate); sugar of Saturn (lead acetate); and vitriol of Mars, or Martial vitriol (ferrous sulphate).

See also

• planets of the Solar System: Mercury · Venus · Earth · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune ^[edit]
• Phobos, Deimos

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Etymology 2

Mars brand logo

UK-style Mars bar

Possibly a variant of Marrs, itself from Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s.

The Mars bar was named after Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.

Proper noun

Mars (plural Marses)

1. A surname.
   • 1929 November 21, “Miss Mars to Wed H. Grell Powers: Her Troth to New Yorker Is Announced by Her Father at a Luncheon at Park Lane. […]”, in The New York Times‎^[5], volume LXXIX, number 26,234, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 September 2025, page 23, column 6:

     At a luncheon given yesterday at the Park Lane by Andrew H. Mars of Brooklyn for the Misses Marjorie Heather and Miriam Snyder, announcement was made of the engagement of his daughter, Miss Gladys L. Mars, to H. Grell Powers of this city.

   • 2006 April 29, Nadine Brozan, “Florence L[atimer] Mars, 83, Who Was Spurned for Rights Work, Dies”, in The New York Times‎^[6], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 November 2020:

     Florence Mars, a diminutive woman barely five feet tall, seemed an unlikely candidate for the defiant role she assumed. She was born on Jan. 1, 1923, to Adam Longino Mars, a lawyer, and Emily Geneva Johnson Mars, known as Neva.

   • 2008 September 3, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Historic Fort Sustains a Breach”, in The New York Times‎^[7], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 January 2018:

     The economic troubles are compounded by the recent falling-out between the fort’s longtime executive director, Nicholas Westbrook, and benefactors the fort had come to rely upon: Forrest E[dward] Mars Jr. and his wife, Deborah Clarke Mars, a Ticonderoga native. […] While some 500 people made donations to the $23 million construction project, which included the new education center and upgrading utilities throughout the fort, the Marses contributed well over half the cost.

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
   • 1985, Michael Collier, Longest Day, page 206:

     Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.

   • 2015, Cari Hunter, No Good Reason, Valley Falls, N.Y.: Bold Strokes Books, →ISBN, page 232:

     Meg eyed the five cubicles, each with its curtain drawn. “Which one is he in?” ¶ “Three. Once I’d treated him to a Mars and a bottle of Fanta, he seemed happy enough to wait.”

   • 2024 November 30, Nathan Briant, “Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation”, in BBC‎^[8], archived from the original on 16 January 2025:

     A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation.

Derived terms

• M&M
• Mars Bar party

Translations

brand of chocolate bar

• Armenian: Մարս (hy) (Mars)
• Bulgarian: Марс m (Mars)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪氏巧克力棒 / 玛氏巧克力棒 (Mǎshì qiǎokèlìbàng)

• Czech: Mars (cs) m
• Dutch: Mars (nl) m
• Estonian: Mars (et)
• Faroese: Mars n
• Finnish: Mars (fi)
• French: Mars (fr) m
• German: Mars (de) n
• Hebrew: מארס (mars)
• Hindi: मार्स m (mārs)
• Hungarian: Mars (hu)
• Italian: Mars (it) m
• Korean: 마즈 (Majeu)
• Latvian: Mars (lv)
• Macedonian: Марс m (Mars)
• Marathi: मार्स m (mārsa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mars (no)

• Polish: Mars (pl) m
• Romanian: Mars (ro)
• Russian: Марс (ru) m (Mars)
• Swedish: Mars (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Mars (la) m (1, 2, 3)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Mars m (1, 2)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Mawrth (cy) m

Further reading

• Mars (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mars bar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ukrainian Марс (Mars).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɹs/, /mɑ˞s/

Proper noun

Mars

1. A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Translations

village in Semenivka, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Ukraine

• Ukrainian: Марс (uk) m inan (Mars)

Further reading

• Mars, Chernihiv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Mars

1. Alternative form of Mas.

Anagrams

• M.R.A.S., S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, ASMR, MSAR, Rams, RAMs, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, arms, ARMs, SRAM, rams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Mars.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mars

Proper noun

Mars

2. (astronomy) Mars
4. (Roman mythology) Mars

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planete van die Sonnestelsel: Mercurius · Venus · Aarde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus ^[edit]

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmars]
• Oblique cases of the inanimate sense are pronounced /marz-/.

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ars

Proper noun

Mars m inan (relational adjective marsovský or marťanský or martský, demonym Marťan)

2. (inanimate) Mars, the fourth planet in the solar system

Declension

Declension of Mars (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsu
dative	Marsu
accusative	Mars
vocative	Marse
locative	Marsu
instrumental	Marsem

Proper noun

Mars m anim (relational adjective Marsův or Martův)

2. (Roman mythology, animate) Mars, the Roman god of war

Declension

Declension of Mars (sg-only hard masculine animate irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marta
dative	Martovi, Martu
accusative	Marta
vocative	Marte
locative	Martovi, Martu
instrumental	Martem

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• “Mars”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Mars”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Mars”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• Jitka Štindlová, “Zaměřil dalekohled na Jupiter nebo na Jupitera?”, in Naše řeč [Our Language] (in Czech), vol. 49 (1966), no. 4

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Mars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːrs/, [ˈmɑˀs]

Proper noun

Mars (genitive Mars')

2. (astronomy) Mars (the planet)
4. (Roman mythology) Mars (the god of war, equivalent to Greek Ares)

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkur · Venus · Jorden~jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Homophone: mars

Etymology 1

From Latin Mārs.

Proper noun

Mars m

2. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Related terms

• Maarten, Martijn, Martin, Martinus
• Maartje, Martine, Martina

Etymology 2

First attested as mersche in 1307. Derived from meers (“land next to water, swampland, pasture”).

Proper noun

Mars n

1. a neighborhood of Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/

Proper noun

Mars (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Ewe

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /márs/

Proper noun

Mars

1. March (month)

   Coordinate term: (native term) Tedoxe

See also

Gregorian calendar months: ɣletiwoedit

• Dzove, Yanuar
• Dzodze, Februar
• Tedoxe, Mars
• Afɔfiɛ, April
• Damɛ, Mai
• Masa, Yuni
• Siamlɔm, Yuli
• Dasiamime, August
• Anyɔnyɔ, September
• Kele, Ɔktober
• Adeɛmekpɔxe, Nɔvember
• Dzome, Dezember

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʂː/
• Rhymes: -aʂː
• Homophone: mars

Proper noun

Mars m

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Mars
accusative	Mars
dative	Marsi
genitive	Mars

See also

• planets of the Solar System: gongustjørnur i sólskipanini: Merkur · Venus · jørðin · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrs/, [ˈmɑ̝rs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrs
• Syllabification^(key): Mars
• Hyphenation^(key): Mars

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)
5. (uncommon) a Swedish surname

Declension

Inflection of Mars (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mars	Marsit
genitive		Marsin	Marsien
partitive		Marsia	Marseja
illative		Marsiin	Marseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Mars	Marsit
accusative	nom.	Mars	Marsit
	gen.	Marsin
genitive		Marsin	Marsien
partitive		Marsia	Marseja
inessive		Marsissa	Marseissa
elative		Marsista	Marseista
illative		Marsiin	Marseihin
adessive		Marsilla	Marseilla
ablative		Marsilta	Marseilta
allative		Marsille	Marseille
essive		Marsina	Marseina
translative		Marsiksi	Marseiksi
abessive		Marsitta	Marseitta
instructive		—	Marsein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mars (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Marsini Marsini accusative nom. Marsini Marsini gen. Marsini genitive Marsini Marsieni partitive Marsiani Marsejani inessive Marsissani Marseissani elative Marsistani Marseistani illative Marsiini Marseihini adessive Marsillani Marseillani ablative Marsiltani Marseiltani allative Marsilleni Marseilleni essive Marsinani Marseinani translative Marsikseni Marseikseni abessive Marsittani Marseittani instructive — — comitative — Marseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Marsisi Marsisi accusative nom. Marsisi Marsisi gen. Marsisi genitive Marsisi Marsiesi partitive Marsiasi Marsejasi inessive Marsissasi Marseissasi elative Marsistasi Marseistasi illative Marsiisi Marseihisi adessive Marsillasi Marseillasi ablative Marsiltasi Marseiltasi allative Marsillesi Marseillesi essive Marsinasi Marseinasi translative Marsiksesi Marseiksesi abessive Marsittasi Marseittasi instructive — — comitative — Marseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Marsimme Marsimme accusative nom. Marsimme Marsimme gen. Marsimme genitive Marsimme Marsiemme partitive Marsiamme Marsejamme inessive Marsissamme Marseissamme elative Marsistamme Marseistamme illative Marsiimme Marseihimme adessive Marsillamme Marseillamme ablative Marsiltamme Marseiltamme allative Marsillemme Marseillemme essive Marsinamme Marseinamme translative Marsiksemme Marseiksemme abessive Marsittamme Marseittamme instructive — — comitative — Marseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Marsinne Marsinne accusative nom. Marsinne Marsinne gen. Marsinne genitive Marsinne Marsienne partitive Marsianne Marsejanne inessive Marsissanne Marseissanne elative Marsistanne Marseistanne illative Marsiinne Marseihinne adessive Marsillanne Marseillanne ablative Marsiltanne Marseiltanne allative Marsillenne Marseillenne essive Marsinanne Marseinanne translative Marsiksenne Marseiksenne abessive Marsittanne Marseittanne instructive — — comitative — Marseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Marsinsa Marsinsa accusative nom. Marsinsa Marsinsa gen. Marsinsa genitive Marsinsa Marsiensa partitive Marsiaan Marsiansa Marsejaan Marsejansa inessive Marsissaan Marsissansa Marseissaan Marseissansa elative Marsistaan Marsistansa Marseistaan Marseistansa illative Marsiinsa Marseihinsa adessive Marsillaan Marsillansa Marseillaan Marseillansa ablative Marsiltaan Marsiltansa Marseiltaan Marseiltansa allative Marsilleen Marsillensa Marseilleen Marseillensa essive Marsinaan Marsinansa Marseinaan Marseinansa translative Marsikseen Marsiksensa Marseikseen Marseiksensa abessive Marsittaan Marsittansa Marseittaan Marseittansa instructive — — comitative — Marseineen Marseinensa

Derived terms

• marsilainen

Statistics

• The surname Mars belongs to 31 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

See also

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star	Aurinko
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Maa (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Kuu	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Japetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Dysnomia

French

Etymology

Circa 1150, from Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁs/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Proper noun

Mars m or f

2. Mars (planet)

Proper noun

Mars m

2. Mars (Roman god)

Descendants

• → Persian: مارس (mârs)

See also

Solar System in French · système solaire (layout · text)
Star	Soleil
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercure	Vénus	Terre	Mars	Cérès	Jupiter	Saturne	Uranus	Neptune	Pluton	Éris
Notable moons	—	—	Lune	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europe Ganymède Callisto	Mimas Encelade Téthys Dioné Rhéa Titan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Obéron	Triton	Charon	Dysnomie

German

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mars

Proper noun

Mars m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mars' or (with an article) Mars)

2. (Roman mythology) Mars

Declension

Declension of Mars [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mars
genitive	eines	des	Mars', Mars1
dative	einem	dem	Mars
accusative	einen	den	Mars

¹With an article.

Proper noun

Mars m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mars)

2. (astronomy) Mars

Declension

Declension of Mars [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mars
genitive	eines	des	Mars
dative	einem	dem	Mars
accusative	einen	den	Mars

Derived terms

• Marsoberfläche

Etymology 2

From Low German [Term?].

Noun

Mars m (strong, genitive Mars, plural Marse) or
Mars f (genitive Mars, plural Marsen)

1. (nautical) crow's nest

Declension

Declension of Mars [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mars	die	Marse
genitive	eines	des	Mars	der	Marse
dative	einem	dem	Mars	den	Marsen
accusative	einen	den	Mars	die	Marse

or

Declension of Mars [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mars	die	Marsen
genitive	einer	der	Mars	der	Marsen
dative	einer	der	Mars	den	Marsen
accusative	eine	die	Mars	die	Marsen

See also

• planets of the Solar System: Planeten des Sonnensystems: Merkur · Venus · Erde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

References

• “Mars”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[9] (in German)
• “Mars (Planet)” in Duden online
• “Mars (Römischer Gott)” in Duden online
• “Mars (Plattform, Schiff)” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrʃ]
• Rhymes: -ɒrʃ
• Hyphenation: Mars

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Mars	—
accusative	Marsot	—
dative	Marsnak	—
instrumental	Marssal	—
causal-final	Marsért	—
translative	Marssá	—
terminative	Marsig	—
essive-formal	Marsként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Marsban	—
superessive	Marson	—
adessive	Marsnál	—
illative	Marsba	—
sublative	Marsra	—
allative	Marshoz	—
elative	Marsból	—
delative	Marsról	—
ablative	Marstól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Marsé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Marséi	—

Possessive forms of Mars

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Marsom	—
2nd person sing.	Marsod	—
3rd person sing.	Marsa	—
1st person plural	Marsunk	—
2nd person plural	Marsotok	—
3rd person plural	Marsuk	—

Derived terms

• marsbeli

Compound words

• Mars-lakó
• marsautó
• marsjármű
• marsjáró
• marslakó

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmar̥s]
• Rhymes: -ar̥s
• Homophone: mars

Proper noun

Mars m (proper noun, genitive singular Mars)

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Mars (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Mars
accusative	Mars
dative	Mars
genitive	Mars

See also

Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star	Sólin
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkúr	Venus	Jörðin	Mars	Seres	Júpíter	Satúrnus	Úranus	Neptúnus	Plútó	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Tunglið	Fóbos Deimos	—	Íó Evrópa Ganýmedes Kallistó	Mímas Enkeladus Teþis Díóne Rea Títan Japetus	Míranda Aríel Úmbríel Títanía Óberon	Tríton	Karon	Dysnómía

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Mars, from Latin Mars.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmars/ [ˈmars]
• Rhymes: -ars
• Syllabification: Mars

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars
   1. (astronomy) the fourth planet in the Solar System; represented by the symbol ♂

      Synonym: Marikh (rare)

   2. (Roman mythology) the Roman god of war

Synonyms

• (astronomy, rare): Marikh

See also

Solar System in Indonesian · Tata Surya (layout · text)
Star	Matahari
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Bumi	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Bulan	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimede Kalisto	Mimas Enseladus Tetis Dione Rea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Disnomia

Further reading

• “Mars”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Proper noun

Mars m (genitive Marsa)

2. Mars (planet)

   Synonym: Máirt

4. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Mars (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Mars vocative a Mhars genitive Marsa dative Mars forms with the definite article singular nominative an Mars genitive an Mharsa dative leis an Mars don Mhars

See also

• planets of the Solar System: Mearcair · Véineas · Domhan · Mars · Iúpatar · Satarn · Úránas · Neiptiún ^[edit]

Mutation

Mutated forms of Mars

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Mars	Mhars	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Mars”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Mars”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Mars”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis, or from Proto-Italic *Māmart-. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change. Mamers was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris. See also the Lapis Satricanus, where 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 (Māmartei) is attested. Possibly also related to Sanskrit मरुत् (marut, “Maruts, violent storm-gods”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaːrs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmars]

Proper noun

Mārs m sg (genitive Mārtis); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Mars (god of war)
2. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
3. (alchemy, chemistry) iron

Usage notes

The name of the god could, through interpretatio romana, serve to replace the name of a war god in a foreign language. Thus Saxo Grammaticus, for example, uses the term to refer to the Norse god Odin, alternating it with the borrowed form Ōthinus.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mārs
genitive	Mārtis
dative	Mārtī
accusative	Mārtem
ablative	Mārte
vocative	Mārs

Noun

Mārs m (genitive Mārtis); third declension

1. war, battle, conflict

   aequato Marte ― made equal the battle

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Mārs	Mārtēs
genitive	Mārtis	Mārtum
dative	Mārtī	Mārtibus
accusative	Mārtem	Mārtēs
ablative	Mārte	Mārtibus
vocative	Mārs	Mārtēs

Derived terms

• diēs Mārtis
• Mārcus
• mārtiālis
• mārtiaticus
• mārticola
• mārticultor
• Mārtigena
• Mārtīnus
• mārtiobarbulus
• mārtius

Descendants

• French: Mars
• Italian: Marte
• Portuguese: Marte
• Romanian: Marte
• Sicilian: Marti
• Spanish: Marte
• → Middle English: Mars

References

• Dizionario-latino, Olivetti

Latvian

Proper noun

Mars m

1. vocative singular of Marss

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin Mārs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/

Proper noun

Mars

1. The Roman god governing war; Mars.
2. The red-coloured planet visible to the naked eye: Mars.

Synonyms

• Marte

Related terms

• marcyan

Descendants

• English: Mars

See also

• mars

References

• “Mars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Norwegian Mars.

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• planets of the Solar System: Merkur · Venus · Eana · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[10], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

A global view of Mars assembled from Viking Orbiter images.

A statue of the Roman god Mars in the Vatican Museums.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑːrs/, [mɑːʂ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːʂ
• Hyphenation: Mars

Etymology 1

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin Mārs (“Mars, the Roman god of war”), genitive Mārtis, from Old Latin Old Latin Māvors (“Mars”). The Old Latin form is generally derived from Proto-Italic *Māwortis, although an alternative reconstruction *Māmart- has also been proposed; the latter would require an otherwise unusual change of medial *-m-* to *-w-*. Cognate with Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 (mamers, “Mars”), and compare the archaic form Māmartei, attested on the Lapis Satricanus. A possible further relationship with Sanskrit मरुत् (marut, “Marut, one of the storm gods”) has been proposed, but remains uncertain.

The astronomical sense is transferred from the name of the deity. The planet was associated with Mars because its reddish appearance evoked blood and warfare.

Parallel international forms include Danish Mars, Swedish Mars, German Mars, Dutch Mars, French Mars, Icelandic Mars, English Mars.

Proper noun

Mars

1. (astronomy) Mars; the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System, a terrestrial planet noted for its reddish appearance

   Romsonden gikk inn i bane rundt Mars. ― The space probe entered orbit around Mars.

   • 2004 January 31, NTB-AFP, “Robotkjøretøy ruller over Mars”, in Aftenposten:

     Det amerikanske robotkjøretøyet «Opportunity» kjørte lørdag for første gang på overflaten av planeten Mars.

     The American robotic vehicle “Opportunity” drove on the surface of the planet Mars for the first time on Saturday.

2. (Roman mythology) Mars; the Roman god of war, also associated in early Roman religion with agriculture, fertility and the protection of fields

   Romerne dyrket Mars som krigsgud. ― The Romans worshipped Mars as a god of war.

   • 2007 November 20, Hans Marius Tonstad, “Kan ha funnet Remus og Romulus’ grotte”, in Aftenposten:

     Ifølge myten ble Remus og Romulus, tvillingguttene til krigsguden Mars, forlatt i en krybbe ved elven Tibers bredd.

     According to the myth, Remus and Romulus, the twin sons of the war god Mars, were abandoned in a cradle by the banks of the Tiber.

Usage notes

• Mars is pronounced with a long vowel, unlike lowercase mars (“March”), which has a short vowel in standard pronunciation.

See also

Solar System in Norwegian Bokmål · solsystemet (layout · text)
Star	sola ~ solen
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venus	jorda ~ jorden (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	månen	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Mars (“Mars, the company and chocolate-bar brand”), from the surname Mars of the founding family. The family business was established by Frank C. Mars and later developed into Mars, Incorporated. His son Forrest Mars Sr. moved to Britain in 1932 and created the Mars chocolate bar that year.

The company sense is a clipping of the full company name Mars Incorporated. The chocolate-bar sense uses the same family and company name. The deeper origin of the founding family's surname has not been securely established here.

A Mars chocolate bar.

Proper noun

Mars

1. (business) Mars; a clipping of Mars, Incorporated, an American family-owned multinational company known especially for confectionery, food and pet-care brands

   Mars er et av verdens største familieeide selskaper. ― Mars is one of the world's largest family-owned companies.

   • 2026 January 8, “Mars Incorporated”, in Store norske leksikon:

     Mars produserer og markedsfører sjokolade og sukkervarer over store deler av verden, blant annet under merkene Snickers, Mars og Bounty.

     Mars produces and markets chocolate and confectionery across large parts of the world, including under the brands Snickers, Mars and Bounty.

2. (trademark) Mars; a brand of chocolate bar consisting of nougat and caramel coated in milk chocolate

   Hun kjøpte en Mars i kiosken. ― She bought a Mars bar at the kiosk.

   • 2013 March 10, Ole Petter Baugerød Stokke, “Fritert Mars – en skotsk legende”, in DinSide:

     Åpne en Mars. Dypp den i deig. Friter den.

     Open a Mars bar. Dip it in batter. Deep-fry it.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ukrainian Марс (Mars, “Mars, a village in Ukraine”). According to local tradition, the village was named in 1924 after Марс (Mars, “Mars, the planet”), amid widespread publicity surrounding the “great opposition of Mars” that year. Ukrainian sources present this as a legend rather than a firmly documented naming event.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a village in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, in the Semenivka urban hromada of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion

   Mars er en liten landsby nord i Tsjernihiv oblast. ― Mars is a small village in northern Chernihiv Oblast.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English Mars (“Mars, Pennsylvania”). The origin of the English place name is disputed. In 1873, Samuel Parks established a local post office with the help of Samuel Marshall. According to the borough's official history, one tradition says that Parks's wife, who was interested in astronomy, suggested the name, while another says that it honoured Samuel Marshall; the latter is described as the prevailing local view. The name was later also adopted for the railway stop, replacing Overbrook.

Downtown Mars, Pennsylvania, with its flying-saucer sculpture in the foreground.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States

   Mars ligger nord for Pittsburgh i Pennsylvania. ― Mars is north of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from French Mars (“Mars, a commune in Ardèche”). The commune was called Saint-Romain-le-Désert until 1909, when it adopted the name of the older and more populous hamlet of Mars. According to the French cultural-heritage inventory, the hamlet's name may derive from a Roman temple dedicated to the god Mārs (“Mars”) beside the Roman road that crossed the area.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a commune of Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

   Mars er en liten kommune i Ardèche i Frankrike. ― Mars is a small commune in Ardèche, France.

Etymology 6

The landscape around Mars, Gard, at sunrise.

Borrowed from French Mars (“Mars, a former commune in Gard”). The local Provençal form is Mars, ultimately from Latin Martium, described in the source as Low Latin.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a former commune of Gard department, Occitania, France, merged in 2019 into the commune of Bréau-Mars

   Mars ble slått sammen med nabokommunen Bréau-et-Salagosse i 2019. ― Mars was merged with the neighbouring commune of Bréau-et-Salagosse in 2019.

Etymology 7

The centre of Mars, Loire, viewed from the north.

Borrowed from French Mars (“Mars, a commune in Loire”), probably from the Gallo-Roman personal name Latin Marcius (“Roman personal name”).

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a commune of Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

   Mars ligger i departementet Loire i det sentrale Frankrike. ― Mars is in the Loire department of central France.

Etymology 8

For the Californian place-name senses, borrowed from Borrowed from English Mars (“Mars”). The name refers independently to a populated place in San Bernardino County and to a former name of Outingdale in El Dorado County. The origins of these English place names have not been securely established in the sources checked, and no historical connection between the two names has been established.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a populated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States

   Mars er et stedsnavn i San Bernardino County i California. ― Mars is a place name in San Bernardino County, California.

2. (historical) Mars; a former name of Outingdale, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, USA

   Stedet som i dag heter Outingdale, har tidligere vært kjent som Mars. ― The place now called Outingdale was formerly known as Mars.

Etymology 9

The former settlement of Mars, Nebraska, viewed from the west.

Borrowed from English Mars (“Mars, Nebraska”). The settlement received its name in 1886 to complement the nearby community of Venus.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; a ghost town in Knox County, Nebraska, United States

   Mars var et lite samfunn i Knox County i Nebraska. ― Mars was a small community in Knox County, Nebraska.

Etymology 10

Borrowed from English Mars (“Mars, Texas”). The community was named for the early settlers John and Henry Marrs, described in the Handbook of Texas as the eponymous brothers. The source does not explain the difference in spelling between Marrs and the place name Mars.

Proper noun

Mars

1. Mars; an unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States

   Mars ligger i Van Zandt County i det østlige Texas. ― Mars is in Van Zandt County in eastern Texas.

References

• “Mars – planet”, Store norske leksikon

Polish

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Słońce

Merkury

Wenus

Ziemia

Księżyc

Mars

Jowisz

Saturn

Uran

Neptun

kometa

pas planetoid

orbita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmars/

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• Rhymes: -ars
• Syllabification: Mars

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *Māwortis?

Proto-Italic *Māmart-?

Old Latin Māvors

Latin Mārslbor.

Polish Mars

Learned borrowing from Latin Mārs. Doublet of marzec.

Proper noun

Mars m pers (related adjective marsowy)

1. (Roman mythology) Mars (Roman god of war)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsowi
accusative	Marsa
instrumental	Marsem
locative	Marsie
vocative	Marsie

Proper noun

Mars m animal (related adjective marsjański)

1. Mars (the fourth planet from the Sun)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsowi
accusative	Marsa
instrumental	Marsem
locative	Marsie
vocative	Marsie

Derived terms

nouns

• Marsjanin
• Marsjanka

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Etymology 2

From English Mars, after Franklin Clarence Mars, founder of Mars, Incorporated.

Noun

Mars m animal

1. Mars bar (chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular	plural
nominative	Mars	Marsy
genitive	Marsa	Marsów
dative	Marsowi	Marsom
accusative	Marsa	Marsy
instrumental	Marsem	Marsami
locative	Marsie	Marsach
vocative	Marsie	Marsy

Further reading

• “Mars”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[11] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Mars”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[12] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mârs/

Proper noun

Mȁrs m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рс)

2. (inanimate) Mars (planet)
4. (animate) Mars (Roman god)

Declension

inanimate

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsu
accusative	Mars
vocative	Marsu
locative	Marsu
instrumental	Marsem

animate

Declension of Mars

	singular
nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsa
dative	Marsu
accusative	Marsa
vocative	Marsu
locative	Marsu
instrumental	Marsem

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːrs/

Proper noun

Mȃrs m anim

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Planet:

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Márs
genitive	Mársa
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Márs
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Mársa
dative (dajȃlnik)	Mársu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Márs
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Mársu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Mársom

God (or sometimes the planet):

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Márs
genitive	Mársa
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Márs
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Mársa
dative (dajȃlnik)	Mársu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Mársa
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Mársu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Mársom

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planéti osónčja: Merkúr · Vénera · Zémlja · Márs · Júpiter · Satúrn · Urán · Neptún ^[edit]

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/
• IPA^(key): /maʂː/

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Proper noun

planet

♂	Previous:	jorden
	Next:	Jupiter

Mars c (genitive Mars)

2. Mars (planet)
4. Mars (Roman god)

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkurius · Venus · jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus ^[edit]
• mars (“March”)

Anagrams

• arms, rams

Tatar

Proper noun

Mars

2. Mars (planet)
   • 2006 August 24, Ali Ğilmi, quoting Dr. Binzel, “Astronomiä: Küktä 8 planet qaldı, Pluto "kärlägä" äylände”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[13], archived from the original on 26 September 2026:

     "Fänni oyışma bularaq bez berençe tapqır planeta süzenä bilgelämä birdek. Bu süz xäzer qoyaş sistemasındağı 8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta dip atala" di Dr. Binzel.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Mars

nominative	Mars
genitive	Marsnıñ
dative	Marsqa
accusative	Marsnı
locative	Marsta
ablative	Marstan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English March.

Proper noun

Mars

1. March

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Jenueri
• Februeri
• Mars
• Epril
• Mei
• Jun
• Julai
• Ogas
• Septemba
• Oktoba
• Novemba
• Disemba

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾs/

Proper noun

Mars

1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)

   Synonyms: Merih, Sakıt

2. (Roman mythology) Mars (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Mars

	singular	plural
nominative	Mars	Marslar / Mars'lar
definite accusative	Mars'ı	Marsları / Mars'ları
dative	Mars'a	Marslara / Mars'lara
locative	Mars'ta	Marslarda / Mars'larda
ablative	Mars'tan	Marslardan / Mars'lardan
genitive	Mars'ın	Marsların / Mars'ların

See also

Solar System in Turkish · Güneş Sistemi (layout · text)
Star	Güneş
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkür	Venüs	Dünya yerküre	Mars	Ceres	Jüpiter	Satürn	Uranüs	Neptün	Plüton	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Ay		—

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mars/

Noun

Mars c (no plural)

1. Mars (planet)
2. Mars (god)

Further reading

• “Mars (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wolof

Etymology

From French mars.

Noun

Mars

1. March

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 155