maquereau
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, of uncertain origin.
Noun[edit]
maquereau m (plural maquereaux)
Derived terms[edit]
- groseille à maquereau (“gooseberry”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (“broker”).
Noun[edit]
maquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: macarró
- → Spanish: macarra
- → Spanish: macró
- Haitian Creole: makrèl
- → Portuguese: macrô
- → Serbo-Croatian: makro
- → Vietnamese: ma cô
Further reading[edit]
- “maquereau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French maquereau.
Noun[edit]
maquereau m (plural maquereaus)
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