marin
French, noun/ma.ʁɛ̃/
marin is spelled M-A-R-I-N (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marin is a French masculine noun meaning “seaman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est habile dans l’art de la navigation sur mer”.
What does marin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
maritime
- 2
marine
noun
- 1
masculineseaman
noun
- 1
femininenavy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à la mer. 2. Qui est spécialement destiné à la marine. 3. Qui évoque un marin.
noun: 1. Celui qui est habile dans l’art de la navigation sur mer. 2. Celui qui sert à bord d’un bâtiment de l’État ou de la marine marchande. 3. Vent tiède, accompagné de pluie, soufflant du sud sur les côtes du golfe du Lion.
noun: 1. Nom des déblais lors de la foration d’un tunnel. 2. Matériau de remplissage servant à la constitution de l’aire sous un parquet sur lambourdes.
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 marin
- marine feminine
- marins masculine plural
- marines feminine plural
- marinette feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marin?
- /ma.ʁɛ̃/
- \ma.ʁɛ̃\
- [ma.ʁɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marin in French?
marin appears 19 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).