marine

marine

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English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈɹiːn/, Rhymes: -iːn
  • (Indic, spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /meˈɾajn/, Rhymes: -aɪn
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹɪn/, /məˈɹaɪn/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rine

Adjective

marine (comparative more marine, superlative most marine)

  1. Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
  2. Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
  3. Used or adapted for use at sea.
  4. (zoology) Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.

Hypernyms

  • aquatic

Hyponyms

  • coastal, littoral, maritime
  • pelagic, oceanic
  • seafloor, benthic, demersal

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

marine (plural marines)

  2. (military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
  4. (capitalised in the plural): A marine corps.
  6. A painting representing some marine subject.
  8. (archaic) Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).
    Synonym: (archaic) navy

Synonyms

  • devil dog
  • jarhead
  • leatherneck

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tokelauan: malini, maligi

Translations

Verb

marine (third-person singular simple present marines, present participle marining, simple past and past participle marined)

  1. To adapt for use in a marine environment.
  2. To temporarily inundate with water and/or other marine substances.
  3. To equip (a boat) with sailors and other personnel required for an ocean voyage.

See also

  • Marine
  • Marine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Marines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “marine”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3630.
  • James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Marine”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 163–4.

Anagrams

  • Merina, Armine, Marien, remain, Mainer, Mirena, mainer, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, Minear, Amrein, Amrine, mirena, Marnie

Danish

Etymology

From French marine, from Latin marinus.

Adjective

marine

  1. definite singular of marin
  2. plural of marin

Noun

marine c (singular definite marinen, plural indefinite mariner)

  1. a navy
    Synonyms: flåde, orlogsflåde, søværn
  2. navy (colour)
  3. (art) painting with motifs related to the sea
    Synonym: marinebillede

Declension

Derived terms

  • marineofficer
  • marineblå
  • marinefartøj

References

  • “marine” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From French marine, from Latin marinus, derived from mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːˈri.nə/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ne
  • Rhymes: -inə

Noun

marine f (plural marines, diminutive marinetje n)

  1. (navigation) a navy
  2. (military) an armed navy (naval branch of armed forces)

Synonyms

  • (military) zeemacht

Derived terms

  • marineblauw
  • marine-infanterie
  • marineschip

Related terms

  • marinier

Anagrams

  • manier

French

Etymology

From marin, from Latin marīnus, derived from mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Adjective

marine

  1. feminine singular of marin

Noun

marine f (plural marines)

  1. navy

Derived terms

Noun

marine m (plural marines)

  1. Marine (member of the United States Marine Corps)

Verb

marine

  1. inflection of mariner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

  • “marine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • animer, manier, minera, ranime, ranimé

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English marine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈrin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

marine m (invariable)

  1. marine (type of soldier)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈri.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rì‧ne

Adjective

marine f

  1. feminine plural of marino

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈri.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rì‧ne

Noun

marine f

  1. plural of marina

References

Anagrams

  • armeni, minare, minerà, rimane, rimena

Japanese

Romanization

marine

  1. Rōmaji transcription of マリネ

Latin

Adjective

marīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of marīnus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

marine

  1. definite singular of marin
  2. plural of marin

Etymology 2

From French marine

Noun

marine m (definite singular marinen, indefinite plural mariner, definite plural marinene)

  1. a navy
Derived terms
  • marinebase
  • marineblå
  • marinefartøy

References

  • “marine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

marine

  1. definite singular of marin
  2. plural of marin

Etymology 2

From French marine

Noun

marine m (definite singular marinen, indefinite plural marinar, definite plural marinane)

  1. a navy
Derived terms
  • marinebase
  • marineblå
  • marinefartøy

References

  • “marine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

marine

  1. inflection of marinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

marine m or f by sense (plural marines)

  1. marine (soldier of USA or UK)

Etymology 2

Verb

marine

  1. inflection of marinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “marine”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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