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marais¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French marais (and in Louisiana, Louisiana French marais).

noun maraises

  1. A marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas. […] and as all along the sea-coast, at least in those parts where I have resided, there has always been a vast extent of marais, or marsh, which has been bien communal, the poorer classes experienced no obstacle to their living in this manner. And no porte d'arme is required.

marais²

noun

  1. plural plural of marai

Marais³

Where it comes from

From French Marais.

proper noun the Marais

  1. A historical district in Paris, France.

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"marais." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marais. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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marais. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marais

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"marais." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marais.

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@misc{marais_2026,
  title = {marais},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marais},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}