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Marseillais

Marseillais adjective: of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Adjective

Marseillais (comparative more Marseillais, superlative most Marseillais)

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Noun

Marseillais (plural Marseillais)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
    • Where ordinary Frenchmen were divided, the Marseillais were united.2008, Nicholas Woodsworth, Seeking Provence: Old Myths, New Paths

Forms of Marseillais

Adjective
comparativemore Marseillais
superlativemost Marseillais
alternative formMarseillese
Noun
pluralMarseillais

Origin of Marseillais

Borrowed from French marseillais, from Marseille + -ais. Doublet of Marseillese.

Questions about Marseillais

What does Marseillais mean?
Marseillais means of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
What part of speech is Marseillais?
Marseillais can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Marseillais in the dictionary

  1. Marsdens
  2. marsdeoreophiside
  3. marse
  4. Marsee
  5. Marsees
  6. Marseillais
  7. Marseillaise
  8. Marseille
  9. Marseille soap
  10. Marseille soaps
  11. Marseille turn

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