mare
French, noun/maʁ/
mare is spelled M-A-R-E (4 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mare is a French feminine noun meaning “puddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit amas d’eau dormante qui se forme naturellement par l’abaissement du sol, ou qu’on produit…”.
What does mare mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepuddle
- 2
femininepool
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit amas d’eau dormante qui se forme naturellement par l’abaissement du sol, ou qu’on produit artificiellement dans les villages et dans les fermes, pour des usages communs ou domestiques. 2. Grande quantité de liquide répandu. 3. Zone fixe et morne constituée par un fluide quelconque.
noun: 1. (Centre et Ouest) Sorte de houe.
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.
Forms of mare
- mares plural
- marre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mare?
- /maʁ/
- /mɑʁ/
- \mɑʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mare in French?
mare appears 4.6 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).