"marée noire" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ma.ʁe nwaʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-marée noire.wav Forms: marées noires [plural]
Etymology: Coined by a journalist in 1967 after the shipwreck of the Torrey Canyon. Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} marée noire f (plural marées noires)
  1. an oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast Wikipedia link: Torrey Canyon Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-marée_noire-fr-noun-yU5XJip3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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