Marquee or marquee ( mahr kee ) means the projecting sign over the entrance to a theater or entertainment venue--
Check the marquee as we go by the theater, to see what's playing.
He dreamed of seeing his name in lights on a theater marquee.
Marquis or marquis ( rhymes with marquee ) is a title of nobility, still used in countries with aristocratic systems of government--
The marquis married a wealthy American, who provided the funds to modernize his estate.
The duke and the marquis never did get along.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The marquis will be horrified when he sees his name on the marquee."
Note--"marquees" ( mahr keeze ) is the plural form ( more than one ) of marquee--
I checked the marquees, and every theater is showing the same movie.
Not to be confused with "marquise" ( rhymes with marquees ), the wife or widow of a marquis--
The marquise spends every summer in Biarritz.
Note # 2--In Britain, the terms "marquess" and "marchioness" are used for people of the rank of marquis--
The marquess and marchioness will be attending the ball.
The words marquee and marquis do not rhyme. They have the same pronunciation, even though they are completely different words having two completely different meanings just like hour and our. Words that rhyme are different words with a similar ending causing them to rhyme, such as rake and cake.
ReplyDeleteThey are probably better classed as homonyms but they do meet the definition of rhyme.
ReplyDeleterhyme /rīm/
noun
1. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
• a short poem in which the sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line corresponds with that at the end of another.
•a word that has the same sound as another.
verb
1. (of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.