marram
/ˈmæɹəm/noun
marram is a noun meaning “Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-R-R-A-M, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of marram is marrams.
What does marram mean?
noun
- 1
Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.
- 2
Alternative form of murram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce marram?
- /ˈmæɹəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-marram.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of marram
- marrams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is marram?
Marram appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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).
Marram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Ammophila arenaria:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gourbet, oyat |
| German | Strandhafer, Dünengras |
| Spanish | barrón, carrizo |
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 marram come from?
From Old Norse maralmr, a compound of marr (“sea”) and halmr (“straw, reed”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).