maquereau
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, of uncertain origin.
Noun
editmaquereau m (plural maquereaux)
Derived terms
edit- groseille à maquereau (“gooseberry”)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (“broker”), itself from Old Frisian mek (“to marry”), from maken (“to make”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Noun
editmaquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: macarró
- → Spanish: macarra
- → Spanish: macró
- Haitian Creole: makrèl
- → Portuguese: macrô
- → Serbo-Croatian: makro
- → Vietnamese: ma cô
Further reading
edit- “maquereau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French maquereau.
Noun
editmaquereau m (plural maquereaus)
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