marinière
French, noun\ma.ʁi.njɛʁ\
marinière is spelled M-A-R-I-N-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marinière is a French feminine noun meaning “a sauce of white wine and onions served especially with mussels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épouse d’un marinier”.
What does marinière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea sauce of white wine and onions served especially with mussels
- 2
feminineFrench sailor shirt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épouse d’un marinier. 2. Femme de mer pour la manœuvre d’un vaisseau. 3. Femme dont la profession est de conduire les bâtiments sur les rivières, les canaux navigables, les lacs.
noun: 1. Tricot à rayures horizontales étroites et bicolores. 2. Motif à rayures étroites et bicolores. 3. Type de nage pratiqué sur le côté.
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 marinière
- marinières plural
- marinier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marinière?
- \ma.ʁi.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marinière in French?
marinière appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).