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# marcel

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

«marcel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Marcel is a man's first name, especially in France, as in the French mime artist Marcel Marceau. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#m2)
3. (verb, old use) To make such waves in hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «marcel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marcel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«marcel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marcel.html) on Mova free.