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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Elle n'est point fermée; mais elle a un petit château qui, d'une part est défendu par la rivière, et de l'autre par un marais.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
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
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
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 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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 Reid, Mayne
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