Marcel

See also: marcel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹˈsɛl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈsɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: Mar‧cel

Proper noun

Marcel

1. A male given name from French
2. A village in North Goa district, Goa, India.

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Marcél m, Marçél m, Markél m
• Arabic: مارسيل
• Catalan: Marcel (ca)
• Czech: Marcel (cs) m
• French: Marcel (fr) m
• Galician: Marcelo (gl)
• German: Marcel (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Μᾱ́ρκελλος m (Mā́rkellos)

• Hungarian: Marcell (hu) m
• Latin: Mārcellus m
• Polish: Marcel (pl) m, Marceli (pl) m
• Portuguese: Marcelo (pt) m
• Slovak: Marcel m
• Spanish: Marcelo (es)

Anagrams

• Carmel, calmer, carmel

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mərˈsɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾˈsɛl]

Proper noun

Marcel m

1. Marcellus
2. a male given name

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmart͡sɛl]

Proper noun

Marcel m anim (related adjective Marcelův)

1. a male given name from French, equivalent to English Marcel

Declension

Declension of Marcel (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Marcel	Marcelové
genitive	Marcela	Marcelů
dative	Marcelovi, Marcelu	Marcelům
accusative	Marcela	Marcely
vocative	Marcele, Marceli	Marcelové
locative	Marcelovi, Marcelu	Marcelech
instrumental	Marcelem	Marcely

Dutch

Etymology

From French Marcel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Marcel m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Marcel

French

Etymology

From Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.sɛl/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Marcel m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Marcel, traditionally popular in France, borne by a 3rd century saint

   Coordinate term: Marcelle.

Anagrams

• calmer, clamer

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʁˈsɛl]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧cel

Proper noun

Marcel

1. a male given name from French, equivalent to English Marcel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Mārcellī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡sɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -art͡sɛl
• Syllabification: Mar‧cel

Proper noun

Marcel m pers (female equivalent Marcela)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Marcel

Declension

Declension of Marcel

	singular	plural
nominative	Marcel	Marcelowie
genitive	Marcela	Marcelów
dative	Marcelowi	Marcelom
accusative	Marcela	Marcelów
instrumental	Marcelem	Marcelami
locative	Marcelu	Marcelach
vocative	Marcelu	Marcelowie

Further reading

• Marcel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marcellus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Marcel m

1. a male given name from Latin

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmart͡sel]

Proper noun

Marcel m anim (genitive singular Marcela, nominative plural Marcelovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name from French, equivalent to English Marcel

Declension

Declension of Marcel

	singular	plural
nominative	Marcel	Marcelovia
genitive	Marcela	Marcelov
dative	Marcelovi	Marcelom
accusative	Marcela	Marcelov
locative	Marcelovi	Marceloch
instrumental	Marcelom	Marcelmi

Further reading

• “Marcel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024