marais
noun
a swamp or bayou.
marais
1 American
[mah-rey, ma -re]
/ mɑˈreɪ, maˈrɛ /
noun
Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).
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marais
plural
Marais
2
American
[ma -re]
/ maˈrɛ /
noun
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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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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
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
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
Acclimatised in the middle of that vast marais, its malaria had for them neither terror nor danger.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
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
A favorite among the French but still under the radar for many Americans, the Carnavalet is located in a sprawling complex of historical buildings in the Right Bank’s Marais district.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 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
On the evening of December 9, Major Marais came into my room, and told me to prepare myself to leave.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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