marisma

Galician

Marismas, ría de Ladrido, Ortigueira

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300, from Old Spanish marisma, from Mozarabic, from Latin ora maritima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈɾismɐ]

Noun

marisma f (plural marismas)

1. (archaic) seaside

   Synonym: mariña

2. saltwater marsh, tideland marsh; estuary

   Synonym: esteiro

Related terms

• mar
• marítimo

References

• “marisma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “marisma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “marisma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “marisma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “marisma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marisma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾiz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾiz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈɾiʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾiz.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾiʒ.mɐ/

Noun

marisma f (plural marismas)

1. marsh (area of low, wet land)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin maritima, feminine of maritimus. Considering the Spanish word's /s/ and /i/, likely borrowed via Mozarabic. Compare Portuguese marisma, Catalan maresma, Italian maremma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾisma/ [maˈɾiz.ma]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: ma‧ris‧ma

Noun

marisma f (plural marismas)

1. saltwater marsh, tideland marsh
   • 1941, Roberto Arlt, El criador de gorilas, Odio desde la otra vida:

     Rápidamente se encontró en las orillas de una marisma, cargada de flexibles juncos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cocodrilo de las marismas
• marismeño

 

Related terms

• mar

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “mar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 838

Further reading

• “marisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014