Polyglot Dictionary

marais

/ma.ʁɛ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les marais

Meaning

  1. marsh

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

marécage

marais and marécage are close synonyms for "marsh"; marécage also means "swamp."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

marisma

marisma is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "marsh."

Portuguese

brejo

brejo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "marsh."

Practice

1 What does marais mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ abrite de nombreux oiseaux.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches marais?

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