marine

See also Marine, and mariné

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1420, from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /məˈrin/, X-SAMPA: /m@"rin/
• Hyphenation: ma‧rine
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

marine (comparative more marine, superlative most marine)

1. Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology, marine insurance.)

Translations

of or pertaining to the sea

• Asturian: marín (ast)
• Catalan: marí (ca)
• Czech: mořský (cs)
• Dutch: marien (nl), maritiem (nl)
• Finnish: merellinen (fi), meri- (fi)
• French: marin (fr), maritime (fr)
• Galician: mariño (gl)
• Greek: θαλάσσιος (el) (thalássios), ναυτικός (el) (naftikós)
• Icelandic: sjávar- (is)
• Indonesian: bahari (id)
• Latin: maritimus (la), marinus (la)

• Occitan: marin (oc)
• Polish: morski (pl)
• Portuguese: marítimo (pt) m, marinho (pt) m
• Romanian: marin (ro), maritim (ro)
• Russian: морской (ru) (morskój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̀рскӣ (sh)

  Roman: mòrskī (sh)

• Slovak: morský (sk)
• Spanish: marítimo (es) m, marino (es) m

Noun

marine (plural marines)

1. A member of a marine corps.

   He was a marine in World War II.

2. (capitalised in the plural): A marine corps.

   He fought with the Marines in World War II.

Synonyms

• devil dog
• jarhead
• leatherneck

Translations

member of a marine corps

• Dutch: marinier (nl) m
• Finnish: merijalkaväen sotilas (fi), rannikkojääkäri (fi)
• French: marinier (fr) m
• Galician: marine (gl) m
• German: Marineinfanterist (de) m
• Greek: πεζοναύτης (el) (pezonáftis) m

• Ido: navaro (io)
• Indonesian: marinir (id)
• Portuguese: fuzileiro naval (pt) m
• Russian: солдат морской пехоты (ru) (soldát morskój pexóty) m, морской пехотинец (ru) (morskój pexotínec) m
• Spanish: infante de marina (es) m, marino (es)

See also

• Marine
• Marine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Marines

Anagrams

• airmen
• Mainer
• remain

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• marine

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Etymology

French marine, from Latin marinus, derived from mare (“sea”).

Noun

marine f (plural marines, diminutive marinetje)

1. (navigation) A navy
2. (military) An armed navy (naval branch of armed forces)

Derived terms

• marineblauw n
• marineinfanterie
• marinier m

Synonyms

• (military) zeemacht

Anagrams

• manier

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French

Etymology

From Latin marinus, derived from mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma.ʁin/

Adjective

marine

1. Feminine singular form of marin.

Noun

marine f (plural marines)

1. A navy

Derived terms

• marinette f colloquial form of a feminine marin: though not derogative, women generally don't accept to be called this way
• marinier m
• sous-marin

Verb form

marine

1. First-person singular indicative present form of mariner.
2. Third-person singular indicative present form of mariner.
3. First-person singular subjunctive present form of mariner.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive present form of mariner.
5. Second-person singular imperative present form of mariner.

Anagrams

• animer, manier, minera, ranime, ranimé

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Italian

Adjective

marine f

1. Feminine plural form of marina.

Noun

marine f

1. Plural form of marina

Anagrams

• armeni
• minare
• minerà
• rimane

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Latin

Adjective

marīne

1. vocative masculine singular of marīnus

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Norwegian

Noun

marine m

1. navy

Adjective

marine

1. naval

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Spanish

Verb

marine (infinitive marinar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of marinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of marinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of marinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of marinar.