marine
French, noun
marine is spelled M-A-R-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written French, the 1,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marine is a French feminine noun meaning “navy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of marin. With an accent, mariné is a different word: “past participle of mariner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui concerne la navigation sur mer”.
What does marine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenavy
noun
- 1
masculineMarine (member of the United States Marine Corps)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of marin
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular present imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of mariner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui concerne la navigation sur mer. 2. Service de mer. 3. Armée de mer ; forces navales. 4. Partie du port où se tient l’administration du port.
noun: 1. Soldat de l’US Marine Corps, qui est une branche distincte de l’US Navy. Fusilier marin américain.
noun: 1. Couleur d’un bleu profond. #03224c
adjective: 1. De la couleur marine.
adjective: 1. Préparé avec de la marinade. 2. Gâté par la mer. 3. Se dit des animaux auxquels on donne une queue de poisson, comme par exemple les sirènes.
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 marine
- marines plural
- marinée feminine
- marinés masculine plural
- marinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marine in French?
marine appears 71 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).