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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]marsouin m (plural marsouins)
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- dauphin m
Further reading
[edit]- “marsouin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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