mark
mark (German currency)
noun MARK Less Common
Origin: Old High German marka (boundary, unit of weight)
Usage Note
Mark in French refers to the Deutsche Mark, the former currency of Germany before the euro. As a borrowed noun it is masculine and invariable in form. Outside this monetary sense, the English concept of a 'mark' (grade, score) is expressed in French as une note or un point. The word appears mainly in historical or financial contexts.
Examples
"Le billet valait cinquante marks à l'époque."
Natural Translation
The note was worth fifty marks at the time.

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