marsh
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /mɑɹʃ/ X-SAMPA: /mArS/ (US)
- IPA: /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/ X-SAMPA: /mA:(r)S/ (UK)
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English mersh, mershe, from Old English merisc, mersc, from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz (cf. West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”), German Marsch), from *mari ‘mere’. More at mere.
Noun [edit]
marsh (plural marshes)
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
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Translations [edit]
area of low, wet land
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References [edit]
- Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press). Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. ISBN 8839551107. Online version here