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  marais

  noun

  a swamp or bayou.
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  Marais

  noun

  Marin 1656–1728, French viola da gamba player and composer.

marais

¹ American  

[mah-rey, ma-re] / mɑˈreɪ, maˈrɛ /

noun

Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).

plural

marais

1. a swamp or bayou.

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Marais ² American  

[ma-re] / maˈrɛ /

noun

1. Marin 1656–1728, French viola da gamba player and composer.

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Etymology

Origin of marais

1785–95; < North American French, French; Old French mareis < Old Low Franconian *marisk; see marsh

Example Sentences

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

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

"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