marcassin
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marcassin (plural marcassins)
- A young wild boar.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 136:
- A fat marcassin to adorn the board.
Translations edit
young wild boar
References edit
- “marcassin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Probably from marque, because of their striped coat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marcassin m (plural marcassins)
- young wild boar, marcassin
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Je n’y avais jamais fait le sanglier le groin dans l’herbe avec elle sous mon ventre, mon marcassin, mimant l’attaque des loups.
- Here, I had never pretended to be a wild boar with my snout in the grass, with her under my belly, my boarlet, miming a wolf attack.
Further reading edit
- “marcassin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.