name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɑːz/
General-American:/ˈmɑɹz/
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)z
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/maɹs/
/mɑ˞s/
CMU ARPABET:M AA1 R Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
The Roman god of war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
noun
Meaning 15
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Mars has two satellites
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Red Planet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: superior planet, terrestrial planet
16
noun
Meaning 16
(Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Roman deity
History
Etymology
From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from Old Latin Māvors.
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.
Borrowed from Ukrainian Марс (Mars).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
313 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
Марс
— planet
Afrikaans:
Mars
— planet
Albanian:
Marsi
— planet
Albanian:
Mars
— planet
Amharic:
ማርስ
(mars)
— planet
Arabic:
الْمِرِّيخ
(al-mirrīḵ)
— planet
Arabic:
المريخ
(il-marrīḵ)
— planet
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܢܸܪܓܲܠ
(nirgāl)
— planet
Armenian:
Մարս
— planet
Armenian:
Հրատ
(Hrat)
— planet
Assamese:
মঙ্গল
(moṅgol)
— planet
Asturian:
Marte
— planet
Azerbaijani:
Mars
— planet
Azerbaijani:
Mərrix
— planet
Bashkir:
Марс
— planet
Basque:
Martitz
— planet
Belarusian:
Марс
— planet
Bengali:
মঙ্গল
(moṅgol)
— planet
Breton:
Meurzh
— planet
Bulgarian:
Марс
— planet
Burmese:
အင်္ဂါ
(angga)
— planet
Carpathian Rusyn:
Марс
— planet
Catalan:
Mart
— planet
Chechen:
Марс
— planet
Cherokee:
ᎹᏏ
(masi)
— planet
Chinese Cantonese:
火星
— planet
Eastern Min Chinese:
火星
(Huŏ-sĭng)
— planet
Hakka Chinese:
火星
(Fó-sên)
— planet
Chinese:
火星
(hóe-chhen, hé-chhin)
— planet
Chinese Mandarin:
火星
(Huǒxīng)
— planet
Wu Chinese:
火星
(5hu-shin)
— planet
Chuvash:
Марс
— planet
Coptic:
ⲙⲟⲗⲟⲭ
(molokh)
— planet
Cornish:
Meurth
— planet
Corsican:
Marte
— planet
Crimean Tatar:
Merih
— planet
Czech:
Mars
— planet
Danish:
Mars
— planet
Dutch:
Mars
— planet
Dzongkha:
མིག་དམར
(mig dmar)
— planet
Esperanto:
Marso
— planet
Estonian:
Marss
— planet
Fijian:
Aceni
— planet
Finnish:
Mars
— planet
French:
Mars
— planet
West-Frisian:
Mars
— planet
Galician:
Marte
— planet
Georgian:
მარსი
(marsi)
— planet
German:
Mars
— planet
Greek:
Άρης
(Áris)
— planet
Ancient Greek:
Τόλμα
(Tólma)
— planet
Ancient Greek:
Πυρόεις
(Puróeis)
— planet
Ancient Greek:
Ηρακλής
(Ēraklḗs)
— planet
Paraguayan Guarani:
Mbyja Pytã
— planet
Gujarati:
મંગળ
(maṅgaḷ)
— planet
Haitian Creole:
Mas
— planet
Hawaiian:
Hōkūʻula
— planet
Hebrew:
מַאֲדִים
(ma’adim)
— planet
Hindi:
मंगल
(maṅgal)
— planet
Hindi:
अंगारक
(aṅgārak)
— planet
Hindi:
रुधिर
(rudhir)
— planet
Hungarian:
Mars
— planet
Icelandic:
Mars
— planet
Ido:
Marso
— planet
Indonesian:
Marikh
— planet
Indonesian:
Mars
— planet
Interlingua:
Marte
— planet
Irish:
Mars
— planet
Irish:
Máirt
— planet
Italian:
Marte
— planet
Jamaican Creole:
Maarz
— planet
Japanese:
火星
(Kasei)
— planet
Japanese:
マーズ
(Māzu)
— planet
Japanese:
マース
(Māsu)
— planet
Japanese:
マルス
(Marusu)
— planet
Javanese:
jaka bèlèk
— planet
Javanese:
Mars
— planet
Javanese:
Anggara
— planet
Kalmyk:
Мигмр
(Migmr)
— planet
Kannada:
ಮಂಗಳ
(maṅgaḷa)
— planet
Kashubian:
Mars
— planet
Kazakh:
Қызылжұлдыз
(Qyzyljūldyz)
— planet
Kazakh:
Аңырақай
(Añyraqai)
— planet
Kazakh:
Марс
— planet
Khmer:
អង្គារ
(ʼɑɑʼɑngkiə)
— planet
Klamath-Modoc:
taktakl̓i
— planet
Kodava:
ಚೌವ
(cauva)
— planet
Korean:
화성
(Hwaseong)
— planet
Central Kurdish:
بارام
(baram)
— planet
Central Kurdish:
بەھرام
(behram)
— planet
Central Kurdish:
مەریخ
(merîx)
— planet
Northern Kurdish:
Behram
— planet
Northern Kurdish:
Mars
— planet
Northern Kurdish:
Merîx
— planet
Kyrgyz:
Марс
— planet
Lao:
ອັງຄານ
(ʼang khān)
— planet
Lao:
ດາວອັງຄານ
(dāo ʼang khān)
— planet
Latin:
Mārs
— planet
Latvian:
Marss
— planet
Lingala:
Malasí
— planet
Lingala:
Marsí
— planet
Lithuanian:
Marsas
— planet
Lithuanian:
Žiezdrė
— planet
Lü:
ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦝ
(ḋaawfay)
— planet
Macedonian:
Марс
— planet
Malagasy:
Marsa
— planet
Malay:
Marikh
— planet
Malay:
Mars
— planet
Malayalam:
ചൊവ്വ
(covva)
— planet
Malecite-Passamaquoddy:
mehqahtuwet
— planet
Maltese:
Mars
— planet
Maltese:
Marte
— planet
Manchu:
ᡨᡠᠸᠠ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ
(tuwa usiha)
— planet
Manx:
Mart
— planet
Māori:
Matawhero
— planet
Māori:
Tūmatauenga
— planet
Marathi:
मंगळ
(maṅgaḷ)
— planet
Mongolian:
Ангараг
(Angarag)
— planet
Mongolian:
Марс
— planet
Mongolian:
ᠠᠩᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ
(angɣaraɣ)
— planet
Mongolian:
ᠮᠠᠷᠰ
(mars)
— planet
Nahuatl:
Chīchīlcītlalpol
— planet
Nahuatl:
Huītzilōpōchcītlalli
— planet
Navajo:
Máaz
— planet
Nepali:
मङ्गल
(maṅgala)
— planet
Norwegian Bokmål:
Mars
— planet
Occitan:
Mart
— planet
Odia:
ମଙ୍ଗଳ
(maṅgaḷa)
— planet
Church Slavic:
Арисъ
(Arisŭ)
— planet
Old Norse:
þrekstjarna
— planet
Ossetian:
Марс
— planet
Pashto:
مريخ
(marix)
— planet
Dari:
مِرِّیخ
(mirrīx)
— planet
Dari:
بَهْرَام
(bahrām)
— planet
Dari:
مَارْس
(mārs)
— planet
Iranian Persian:
مِرّیخ
(merrix)
— planet
Iranian Persian:
بَهْرام
(bahrâm)
— planet
Iranian Persian:
مارْس
(mârs)
— planet
Middle Persian:
𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭
— planet
Polish:
Mars
— planet
Portuguese:
Marte
— planet
Punjabi:
ਮੰਗਲ
(maṅgal)
— planet
Quechua:
Awqakuq
— planet
Quechua:
Atich'aska
— planet
Romanian:
Маrte
— planet
Russian:
Марс
— planet
Sanskrit:
मङ्गल
(maṅgala)
— planet
Sanskrit:
रुधिर
(rudhira)
— planet
Santali:
ᱴᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ
(ṭiră ẽgel)
— planet
Scottish Gaelic:
Màrs
— planet
Serbo-Croatian:
Ма̏рс
— planet
Serbo-Croatian:
Mȁrs
— planet
Shona:
Murongazuva
— planet
Shona:
Mrongazuva
— planet
Silesian:
Mars
— planet
Sinhalese:
අඟහරු
(angaharu)
— planet
Slovak:
Mars
— planet
Slovene:
Márs
— planet
Somali:
Farraare
— planet
Upper Sorbian:
Mars
— planet
Spanish:
Marte
— planet
Swahili:
Mirihi
— planet
Swahili:
Meriki
— planet
Swedish:
Mars
— planet
Tagalog:
Marte
— planet
Tajik:
Миррих
(Mirrix)
— planet
Tajik:
Баҳром
(Bahrom)
— planet
Tamil:
செவ்வாய்
(cevvāy)
— planet
Tatar:
Марс
— planet
Tatar:
Мәрих
(Märix)
— planet
Telugu:
అంగారకుడు
(aṅgārakuḍu)
— planet
Telugu:
రుధిరుడు
(rudhiruḍu)
— planet
Thai:
ดาวอังคาร
(daao ang-kaan)
— planet
Thai:
อังคาร
(ang-kaan)
— planet
Tibetan:
མིག་དམར
(mig dmar)
— planet
Tok Pisin:
Mas
— planet
Tongan:
Maʻasi
— planet
Tswana:
Mase
— planet
Tumbuka:
Chivuvuzi
— planet
Tumbuka:
Chanya la Chivuvuzi
— planet
Turkish:
Mars
— planet
Turkish:
Kızıl Gezegen
— planet
Turkish:
Kızıldız
— planet
Turkish:
Bakırsokum
— planet
Turkish:
Merih
— planet
Turkish:
Sakıt
— planet
Turkmen:
Mars
— planet
Turkmen:
Myrryh
— planet
Ukrainian:
Марс
— planet
Unami:
màxkalànkw
— planet
Urdu:
مِرِّیخ
(mirrīx)
— planet
Urdu:
مَن٘گَل
(maṅgal)
— planet
Urdu:
بَہْرام
(bahrām)
— planet
Urdu:
جَلّادِ فَلَک
(jallād-i falak)
— planet
Uyghur:
مارس
(mars)
— planet
Uyghur:
مېرىخ
(mërix)
— planet
Uzbek:
Mars
— planet
Uzbek:
Mirrix
— planet
Venetan:
Marte
— planet
Vietnamese:
sao Hoả
— planet
Vietnamese:
Hoả tinh
— planet
Volapük:
Mard
— planet
Welsh:
Mawrth
— planet
Wolof:
Maas
— planet
Yiddish:
מאַדים
(madim)
— planet
Yiddish:
מאַרס
(mars)
— planet
Yoruba:
Mársì
— planet
Zhuang:
Ndaundeiqfeiz
— planet
Zulu:
uMasi
— planet
Zulu:
uNotshezi
— planet
Afrikaans:
Mars
— god of war
Arabic:
مَارِس
(māris)
— god of war
Armenian:
Մարս
— god of war
Asturian:
Marte
— god of war
Azerbaijani:
Mars
— god of war
Basque:
Martitz
— god of war
Belarusian:
Марс
— god of war
Bengali:
মার্স
(marśo)
— god of war
Bulgarian:
Марс
— god of war
Catalan:
Mart
— god of war
Cherokee:
ᎹᏏ
(masi)
— god of war
Chinese Cantonese:
戰神 /战神
(zin3 san4)
— god of war
Chinese Cantonese:
瑪斯 /玛斯
— god of war
Chinese Mandarin:
戰神 /战神
(Zhànshén)
— god of war
Chinese Mandarin:
瑪爾斯 /玛尔斯
(Mǎ'ěrsī)
— god of war
Cornish:
Meurth
— god of war
Czech:
Mars
— god of war
Danish:
Mars
— god of war
Dutch:
Mars
— god of war
Esperanto:
Marso
— god of war
Estonian:
Mars
— god of war
Faroese:
Mars
— god of war
Finnish:
Mars
— god of war
French:
Mars
— god of war
Galician:
Marte
— god of war
Georgian:
მარსი
(marsi)
— god of war
German:
Mars
— god of war
Greek:
Άρης
(Áris)
— god of war
Hawaiian:
Maleka
— god of war
Hebrew:
מארס \ מַרְס
(mars)
— god of war
Hindi:
मार्स
(mārs)
— god of war
Hindi:
मंगल
(maṅgal)
— god of war
Hungarian:
Mars
— god of war
Icelandic:
Mars
— god of war
Indonesian:
Mars
— god of war
Irish:
Mars
— god of war
Italian:
Marte
— god of war
Japanese:
マールス
(Mārusu)
— god of war
Kazakh:
Марс
— god of war
Khmer:
អង្គារ
(ʼɑɑʼɑngkiə)
— god of war
Korean:
마르스
(Mareuseu)
— god of war
Central Kurdish:
بارام
(baram)
— god of war
Northern Kurdish:
Mars
— god of war
Kyrgyz:
Марс
— god of war
Latin:
Mārs
— god of war
Latvian:
Marss
— god of war
Lithuanian:
Marsas
— god of war
Macedonian:
Марс
— god of war
Maltese:
Marte
— god of war
Marathi:
मार्स
(mārsa)
— god of war
Mongolian:
Марс
— god of war
Mongolian:
ᠮᠠᠷᠰ
(mars)
— god of war
Norwegian Bokmål:
Mars
— god of war
Church Slavic:
Арисъ
(Arisŭ)
— god of war
Dari:
مَارْس
(mārs)
— god of war
Iranian Persian:
مارْس
(mârs)
— god of war
Middle Persian:
𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭
— god of war
Polish:
Mars
— god of war
Portuguese:
Marte
— god of war
Romanian:
Маrte
— god of war
Russian:
Марс
— god of war
Serbo-Croatian:
Ма̏рс
— god of war
Serbo-Croatian:
Mȁrs
— god of war
Slovene:
Márs
— god of war
Spanish:
Marte
— god of war
Swahili:
Maazi
— god of war
Swedish:
Mars
— god of war
Tagalog:
Marte
— god of war
Tajik:
Марс
— god of war
Tajik:
Баҳром
(Bahrom)
— god of war
Thai:
มาร์ส
— god of war
Turkish:
Mars
— god of war
Turkmen:
Mars
— god of war
Ukrainian:
Марс
— god of war
Urdu:
مارْس
(mārs)
— god of war
Uzbek:
Mars
— god of war
Vietnamese:
thần chiến tranh
— god of war
Welsh:
Mawrth
— god of war
Yiddish:
מאַרס
(mars)
— god of war
Zulu:
uMasi
— god of war
Armenian:
Մարս
— brand of chocolate bar
Bulgarian:
Марс
— brand of chocolate bar
Chinese Mandarin:
瑪氏巧克力棒 /玛氏巧克力棒
(Mǎshì qiǎokèlìbàng)
— brand of chocolate bar
Czech:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Dutch:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Estonian:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Faroese:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Finnish:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
French:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
German:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Hebrew:
מארס
(mars)
— brand of chocolate bar
Hindi:
मार्स
(mārs)
— brand of chocolate bar
Hungarian:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Italian:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Korean:
마즈
(Majeu)
— brand of chocolate bar
Latvian:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Macedonian:
Марс
— brand of chocolate bar
Marathi:
मार्स
(mārsa)
— brand of chocolate bar
Polish:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Romanian:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Russian:
Марс
— brand of chocolate bar
Swedish:
Mars
— brand of chocolate bar
Ukrainian:
Марс
— village in Semenivka, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Ukraine