"marais" meaning in French

See marais in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ma.ʁɛ/ Audio: Fr-marais.ogg Forms: marais [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French marais, from Old French mareis (“marsh”) (compare Medieval Latin maresc, maresch), from Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”). Related to marécage. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|marais|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French marais, {{inh+|fr|frm|marais}} Inherited from Middle French marais, {{inh|fr|fro|mareis||marsh}} Old French mareis (“marsh”), {{cog|ML.|maresc}} Medieval Latin maresc, {{der|fr|frk|*marisk||marsh, swamp}} Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} marais m (plural marais)
  1. swamp, marsh Tags: masculine Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: marécage, palud [dated]
    Sense id: en-marais-fr-noun-XzbT1-T1 Disambiguation of Landforms: 71 29
  2. (archaic) land suitable for growing primeur or vegetable Tags: archaic, masculine
    Sense id: en-marais-fr-noun-8RiVo9sg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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