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• marais
  marais

  noun

  a swamp or bayou.
• Marais
  Marais

  noun

  Marin 1656–1728, French viola da gamba player and composer.

marais

¹ American  

[mah-ray, ma-re] / mɑˈreɪ, maˈrɛ /

noun

Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).

• marais
  plural

1. a swamp or bayou.

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Marais ² American  

[ma-re] / maˈrɛ /

noun

1. Marin 1656–1728, French viola da gamba player and composer.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• marais
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of marais

1785–95; < North American French, French; Old French mareis < Old Low Franconian *marisk; see marsh

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Example Sentences

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A melancholy flat was the marais, looking desolate enough by day, but now, in the gloaming, tenfold as desolate.

From The Book of Were-Wolves by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

They could hear the frogs croak in the marais; it was dry, and the water was getting low.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

They knew every path, marais, and rigolé for miles around, and took their course eastward, correctly judging that the Indians would follow the line of the bluffs and go north.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

Between the marais and the Mississippi, the spring rains were a perpetual danger.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

Much of the land it enclosed was not built upon; the marais on the north bank were drained and cultivated for market and fruit gardens.

From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball

French labour inspectors believe that BHV Marais has not been making payments, which its management has denied.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The owner of the building, the Canadian asset manager Brookfield, rejected that assertion, saying it does not have any outstanding sums due to BHV Marais.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

And the NFL pop-up store in the trendy Marais, where the line stretched for nearly two blocks on Friday, planned to close for 24 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Earlier this month, BHV Marais said it would end its partnership with Shein, seven months after opening the company’s first store in France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

At precisely 5:30 in the morning, Major Marais, the commander of Victor Verster, arrived at my cottage.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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