marinier
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmaː.riˈniːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧nier
- Rhymes: -iːr
Usage notes
- The literal translation of "marinier" is marine. However, a Dutch "marinier" is on a par with a US Navy SEAL. A US Marine is somewhat equivalent to a Dutch Landmacht soldaat.
Derived terms
- ketenmarinier
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French marinier, from Old French mariner. By surface analysis, marin + -ier. Compare Catalan mariner, Italian marinaio, Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʁi.nje/
Audio (file)
Adjective
marinier (feminine marinière, masculine plural mariniers, feminine plural marinières)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “marinier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
marinier oblique singular, m (oblique plural mariniers, nominative singular mariniers, nominative plural marinier)
- Alternative form of mariner
- c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- les mariniers dedanz les nes.
- The mariners in the boats.
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