maquereau

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.kʁo/
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, of uncertain origin.

Noun

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maquereau m (plural maquereaux)

  1. mackerel
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (broker), itself from Old Frisian mek (to marry), from maken (to make), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Noun

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maquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)

  1. (colloquial) pimp
    Synonyms: mac, proxénète
Descendants
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  • Catalan: macarró
  • Spanish: macró
  • Haitian Creole: makrèl
  • Portuguese: macrô
  • Serbo-Croatian: makro
  • Vietnamese: ma cô

Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French maquereau.

Noun

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maquereau m (plural maquereaus)

  1. (Jersey) pimp