marée noire
French, noun/ma.ʁe nwaʁ/
marée noire is spelled M-A-R-É-E-N-O-I-R-E (10 letters). Marée noire is a French feminine noun meaning “an oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Échouage de grandes quantités d'hydrocarbures sur des côtes”.
What does marée noire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Échouage de grandes quantités d'hydrocarbures sur des côtes.
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 marée noire
- marées noires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marée noire?
- /ma.ʁe nwaʁ/
- \ma.ʁe nwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.