Marseilles

English

Alternative forms

• Marseille

Etymology

From French Marseille, from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “where did the English -s come from?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/, (dated) /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪlz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ, -eɪlz

Proper noun

Marseilles

1. The capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Related terms

• Massiliote

Translations

city in southern France

• Arabic: مَرْسِيلْيَا f (marsīlyā), مَارْسِيلْيَا f (mārsīlyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَرْسيليا f (marsīlya)

• Aragonese: Marsiella
• Armenian: Մարսել (Marsel)
• Basque: Marseilla
• Breton: Marsilha f, Marseille f
• Bulgarian: Марси́лия f (Marsílija)
• Burmese: မာဆေးမြို့ (mahce:mrui.)
• Catalan: Marsella (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬賽／马赛 (zh) (Mǎsài), 马赛 (zh) (Mǎsài)

• Corsican: Marseglia f, Marsiglia f
• Czech: Marseille (cs) f
• Dutch: Marseille n
• Esperanto: Marsejlo
• Finnish: Marseilles
• Franco-Provençal: Marselye, Marsèlye
• French: Marseille (fr) m
• Galician: Marsella (gl) f
• German: Marseille (de) n, Massilien n
• Greek: Μασσαλία (el) f (Massalía), Μαρσέιγ (Marséig)
• Haitian Creole: Masey
• Hebrew: מרסיי f
• Hindi: मार्सैय (mārsaiy)
• Hungarian: Marseille (hu)
• Irish: Marseille
• Italian: Marsiglia (it) f
• Japanese: マルセイユ (Maruseiyu)
• Kannada: ಮಾರ್ಸೆಲ್ಲಿ (mārselli)
• Karakalpak: Marsel
• Korean: 마르세유 (Mareuseyu)
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• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Masêy

• Ladino: Marseya
• Latin: Massilia (la) f
• Latvian: Marseļa f
• Ligurian: Marseggia
• Lithuanian: Marselis m
• Lombard: Marseja
• Macedonian: Марсе́ј m (Marséj)
• Norman: Marsêle, Marsèle
• Occitan: Marselha (oc) f, (Mistralian) Marsiho f
• Persian: مارسی (mârsey)
• Piedmontese: Marsèja
• Polish: Marsylia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Marselha f
• Romanian: Marsilia (ro) f
• Russian: Марсе́ль (ru) m (Marsɛ́lʹ)
• Sardinian: Marsìllia f
• Sicilian: Marsigghia f
• Spanish: Marsella (es) f
• Swedish: Marseille (sv) n, Marseilles (sv) n
• Tamil: மர்சேய் (marcēy)
• Turkish: Marsilya
• Ukrainian: Марсе́ль m (Marsélʹ)
• Venetian: Marsegia
• Vietnamese: Mạc-xây, Mác-xây

Noun

Marseilles (uncountable)

1. A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.