marais
1 Americannoun
plural
maraisnoun
Etymology
Origin of marais
1785–95; < North American French, French; Old French mareis < Old Low Franconian *marisk; marsh
Example Sentences
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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 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
"My 'ouse is yond'; dans le marais là-bas."
From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington
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
Alentour, tout a un aspect triste et abandonn�, abandonn� comme le furent au bord du marais, suivant l'antique r�cit, les enfants dont on croit presque ou�r dans le cr�puscule les vagissements.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Le canton, assez bien peuplé, l'est un partie par des Turcomans; mais il y a beaucoup d'herbages et de marais.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
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