mascaret
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Occitan mascaret (“steer with a mottled face”). The appearance of the tidal bore was thought to resemble a herd of stampeding cattle.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmascaret m (plural mascarets)
Further reading
edit- “mascaret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.