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)

1. 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”), itself from Old Frisian mek (“to marry”), from maken (“to make”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)

1. (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)

1. (Jersey) pimp