marsouin
French, noun/maʁ.swɛ̃/
marsouin is spelled M-A-R-S-O-U-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marsouin is a French masculine noun meaning “porpoise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit cétacé à dents, au rostre court et aux dents pointues et courbées, plutôt noirs sur la face dorsale, et…”.
What does marsouin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineporpoise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit cétacé à dents, au rostre court et aux dents pointues et courbées, plutôt noirs sur la face dorsale, et blancs sur la face ventrale. 2. Soldat de l’infanterie coloniale, puis membre des troupes de marine (infanterie de marine).
noun: 1. Personne qui mérite peu de considération. 2. Blason populaire. 3. Habitant de l’Île-aux-Coudres. 4. Terme d’affection, généralement utilisé pour désigner un enfant espiègle.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne L’Isle-aux-Coudres, municipalité québécoise.
noun: 1. Habitant de L’Isle-aux-Coudres, municipalité québécoise ^([1]).
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 marsouin
- marsouins plural
- marsouine feminine
- marsouines plural feminine
- Marsouins plural
- Marsouine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marsouin?
- /maʁ.swɛ̃/
- \maʁ.swɛ̃\
- [maʁ.swɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marsouin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marsouin in French?
marsouin appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).