marsouin

French

Etymology

Occurring in a 1086 Medieval Latin translation of the Domesday Book, from Old English mereswīn (“porpoise”), but probably reborrowed from another Germanic source cognate to the Old English word, from Old Frankish *mariswīn, Middle Dutch meerswijn, or Old Norse marsvín (“dolphin”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (“dolphin, porpoise”). More at English mereswine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ.swɛ̃/
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Noun

marsouin m (plural marsouins)

porpoise

Further reading

“marsouin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

namurois, Namurois, roumains, Roumains

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