marais
noun
a swamp or bayou.
marais
1 American
[mah-rey, ma -re]
/ mɑˈreɪ, maˈrɛ /
noun
Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).
Marais
2
American
[ma -re]
/ maˈrɛ /
noun
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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La rivière coule à travers un marais où l'on a construit une chaussée longue et étroite.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
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 Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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
“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
Il y a là-bas aussi, dans le marais, un petit lac où, l'année passée, j'ai vu un canard, mais un canard sauvage!
From Normandy Picturesque by Blackburn, Henry
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