maquereau

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.kʁo/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaux)

mackerel

Derived terms

groseille à maquereau (“gooseberry”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (“broker”).

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)

(colloquial) pimp
Synonyms: mac, proxénète

Descendants

→ Catalan: macarró
- → Spanish: macarra
→ Spanish: macró
Haitian Creole: makrèl
→ Portuguese: macrô
→ Serbo-Croatian: makro
→ Vietnamese: ma cô

Further reading

“maquereau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquereau.

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaus)

(Jersey) pimp

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