remarque

R1E1M3A1R1Q10U1E1

noun

A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.

OriginFrench remarque ← Latin re- ← Proto-Italic *wre- →
UncommonScrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounremarque (plural remarques)

plural remarques · alternative remark

  1. artsA small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.
  2. artsAny feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.
  3. artsA print or proof distinguished by such a mark.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Frenchre-
  4. Frenchmarquer
  5. Frenchremarquerdeverb.
  6. Frenchremarque
  7. Englishremarque

Borrowed from French remarque.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

remarque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarque

MLA

“remarque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarque. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remarque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarque.

Source: remarque on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.