marsouin

French

un marsouin

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. Cf. also the Old French porpeis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.swɛ̃/

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Noun

marsouin m (plural marsouins)

1. porpoise

Descendants

• → Catalan: marsuí
• → Romanian: marsuin

See also

• dauphin m

Further reading

• “marsouin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• namurois, Namurois, roumains, Roumains