marée noire

French

Etymology

Coined by a journalist in 1967 after the shipwreck of the Torrey Canyon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁe nwaʁ/

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Noun

marée noire f (plural marées noires)

1. an oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast