English Online Dictionary. What means marsh? What does marsh mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹʃ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /mæʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ
Noun
marsh (plural marshes)
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)
- Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.
- Coordinate terms: bog, fen, moor, swamp
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- marshmallow
- slack
References
Anagrams
- Harms, Sharm, harms, mahrs, shram
Middle English
Noun
marsh
- Alternative form of merssh