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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).

• 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

Etymology

Origin of marais

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

Example Sentences

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We were now in the marais, an amphibious stretch of country, cut up into gardens and only accessible by tiny canals.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards

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

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 Sir James George Frazer

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

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 Mayne Reid

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

No-one has ever been convicted of carrying out the six killings inside and outside the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the historically Jewish Marais quarter of Paris, in which more than 20 other people were wounded.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Eloise Marais, professor of atmospheric chemistry and air quality at University College London, agreed.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Eloise Marais, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at University College London not involved in the new study, told AFP the research was "really important".

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Major Marais unbuttoned my collar, loosened and then removed my tie, and then, standing behind me, tied it in a double Windsor knot.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela