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Marist

UK /ˈmaɹɪst/noun, adjective

Marist is spelled M-A-R-I-S-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Marist means “A member of any of several Roman Catholic organizations named after the Virgin Mary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Marist is Marists.

How many letters and syllables are in Marist?

Letters6: M-A-R-I-S-T
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Marist?

Marist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Marist?

  • UK /ˈmaɹɪst/
  • UK /ˈmɛːɹɪst/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Marist

  • Marists plural
  • more Marist comparative
  • most Marist superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Marist mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of any of several Roman Catholic organizations named after the Virgin Mary

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to these organizations or their members

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Marist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
FrenchMariste (member of any of several Roman Catholic…), mariste (of or pertaining to these organizations or…)
Portuguesemarista (member of any of several Roman Catholic…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Marist come from?

From French Mariste, from Marie (“Mary”) + -iste (“-ist”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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