marchais
French, verb\maʁ.ʃɛ\
marchais is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-I-S (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marchais is a French verb meaning “first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of marcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does marchais mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of marcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété de maquereau sans rayures. 2. Hareng qui a frayé. 3. Hareng donné à l'équipage d'un bateau de pêche à titre de gratification.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce marchais?
- \maʁ.ʃɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marchais in French?
marchais appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).