Marais
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas.
"[…] and as all along the sea-coast, at least in those parts where I have resided, there has always been a vast extent of marais, or marsh, which has been bien communal, the poorer classes experienced no obstacle to their living in this manner. And no porte d'arme is required."
- 2 plural of marai form-of, plural
- 1 A historical district in Paris, France.
Example
More examples"[…] and as all along the sea-coast, at least in those parts where I have resided, there has always been a vast extent of marais, or marsh, which has been bien communal, the poorer classes experienced no obstacle to their living in this manner. And no porte d'arme is required."
Etymology
Borrowed from French marais (and in Louisiana, Louisiana French marais).
From French Marais.
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