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# marcel

«marcel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man's first name, especially in France, as in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a marcel, marcels); verb (marcel, marcels, marcelled, marcelling); name (Marcel)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Marcel is a man's first name, especially in France, as in the French mime artist Marcel Marceau. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#m1)

2) (old use) A marcel or marcel wave is a hairstyle with deep, regular waves made with hot curling irons, popular in the 1920s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#m2)

3) (verb, old use) To make such waves in hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Most children meet Marcel as a name in French lessons and stories. In history lessons about the 1920s, photographs show women with marcelled hair. Phrases: marcel wave.

### examples

- Marcel is a popular French boy's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#x1)
- Marcel Marceau was a famous French mime artist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#x2)
- In the 1920s, many women had a marcel wave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#x3)
- Great-Granny's photo shows her hair marcelled in neat waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#x4)
- The hairdresser used hot irons to make a marcel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#x5)
- In our French book, Marcel lives in Paris with his dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#x6)

### note

Capital M for the name. The hairstyle is named after the French hairdresser Marcel Grateau. Pronounced mar-SEL. Spelling of the verb: marcelled, marcelling (UK).

### In the corpora

- [In 1917 Marcel Duchamp sent a shop-bought urinal, signed "R.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «marcel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.