marre
French, noun
marre is spelled M-A-R-R-E (5 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marre is a French feminine noun meaning “a sort of hoe (gardening tool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of marrer. With an accent, marré is a different word: “past participle of marrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pelle large et courbée”.
What does marre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea sort of hoe (gardening tool)
adverb
- 1
colloquialenough
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of marrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pelle large et courbée. 2. (Centre et Ouest) Houe.
adverb: 1. Assez.
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 marre
- marres plural
- marrée feminine
- marrés masculine plural
- marrées feminine plural
- mare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is marre in French?
marre appears 22 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).