marée noire

French edit

Etymology edit

Coined by a journalist in 1967 after the shipwreck of the Torrey Canyon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ma.ʁe nwaʁ/
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Noun edit

marée noire f (plural marées noires)

an oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast

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