marsouin
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Etymology[edit]
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. Cf. also the Old French porpeis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marsouin m (plural marsouins)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- dauphin m
Further reading[edit]
- “marsouin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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