marsh

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marsh^¹

/mɑːʃ/ UK
/mɑɹʃ/ US
/mɐːʃ/ Australia, New Zealand
/maɾʃ/ Scotland
/mæʃ/ obsolete

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ

Where it comes from

From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

noun marshes

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. Many animals live in the marsh.
Similar: marshland, mere

Marsh^²

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ

proper noun

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marshland, fen, boggy, marshy, bog, swampy, mire, swamp, bayou, wetland, biol, march, malaria, mallow, marigold, slough

Translations

Every language

noun area of low, wet land

Español	ciénaga, marisma, pantano, ciénega, marjal, almarjal
한국어	습지 seupji, 늪지 neupji, 소택 sotaek
日本語	湿地 shitchi, 湿原 shitsugen
中文	沼澤 /沼泽 zhǎozé
Português	marisma, pântano, alverca
Français	marais
Deutsch	Marsch, Moor, Sumpf, Sumpfgebiet, Sumpfland, Bruch
Italiano	palude
Ελληνικά	έλος élos, βάλτος váltos
Română	mlaștină
Русский	боло́то bolóto
Tiếng Việt	đồng lầy, cánh đồng lầy, vùng đồng lầy
العربية	نَعْصَة naʕṣa, مُسْتَنْقَع mustanqaʕ
עברית	ביצה bitza

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@misc{marsh_2026,
  title = {marsh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marsh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}