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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-rey, ma-re] / mɑˈreɪ, maˈrɛ /

noun

Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).

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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Inflected Forms

noun

• marais
  plural

Etymology

Origin of marais

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

Example Sentences

Elle n'est point fermée; mais elle a un petit château qui, d'une part est défendu par la rivière, et de l'autre par un marais.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

“Située dans une isle de la Seine environnée de marais profonds, difficiles à traverser, qui communiquent à ce fleuve.”

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James

It seemed the rendezvous for the many species of wild winged creatures that people the great marais of Louisiana.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

As to the Tahitian custom of burying the dead in the marais, see also C. E. Meinicke, Die Inseln des Stillen Oceans, ii.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

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 Kimball, Katherine