Marseillais
adjective, noun
Marseillais is an adjective meaning “Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-R-S-E-I-L-L-A-I-S, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Marseillais mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Marseillais
- more Marseillais comparative
- most Marseillais superlative
- Marseillese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Marseillais?
Marseillais appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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).
Marseillais in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | marseillais , Marseillais |
| Portuguese | marselhês |
| German | Marseiller |
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 Marseillais come from?
Borrowed from French marseillais, from Marseille + -ais. Doublet of Marseillese.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).