marquee

n.

1. A large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment.
2. A rooflike structure, often bearing a signboard, projecting over an entrance, as to a theater or hotel. Also called marquise.

adj.

Being an athlete of exceptional skill and popularity: The team is hoping to sign a marquee player.

[French marquise, marquise, marquee. See marquise.]

IN BRIEF: A small roof built out over an entrance to a theater, store or hotel.

The marquee at the theater showed that the film we have been waiting to see is playing there.

Tutor's tip: The "marquis" (a nobleman) stepped silently through the "maquis" (a dense growth of shrubs in the Mediterranean area) and into the "marquee" (a large tent, often with open sides).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: large and often sumptuous tent
  Synonym: pavilion

Meaning #2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
  Synonym: marquise

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - festtelt, udstillingstelt

Nederlands (Dutch)
feesttent, luifel

Français (French)
n. - (GB) grande tente, chapiteau, (US) auvent

Deutsch (German)
n. - großes Zelt, Markise

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεγάλο αντίσκηνο (με ανοικτές πλευρές), μαρκίζα

Italiano (Italian)
padiglione, tendone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - marquise (f), tenda (f)

Русский (Russian)
шатер

Español (Spanish)
n. - marquesina, gran tienda de campaña, entoldado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (stort) tält, baldakin

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大天幕, 遮篷, 华盖

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大天幕, 遮篷, 華蓋

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 큰 차양

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 入口のひさし, 大テント

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مظله كبيرة من معدن أو قماش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אוהל גדול, גגון לפני הכניסה למלון, תיאטרון וכו' (צ. אמריקה)‬

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