marée

See also: maree and mareé

French

Etymology

From mer (“sea”), from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁe/

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Noun

marée f (plural marées)

1. tide
2. catch (of fish)
3. anything that forms a great crowd, a wave

Derived terms

Derived terms

• comme marée en carême (2)
• contre vents et marées
• grande marée (1)
• marée basse
• marée de morte eau (1)
• marée haute
• marée noire (1)

Descendants

• → Galician: marea
• → Portuguese: maré
• → Romanian: maree
• → Spanish: marea

Further reading

• “marée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• amère, armée, ramée