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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"My 'ouse is yond'; dans le marais là-bas."
From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington
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
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
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 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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
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