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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 and morass. 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/[1]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ
Noun
marsh (plural marshes)
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
Derived terms
- Bacchus Marsh
- Berkley Marsh
- black marsh turtle
- blue marsh hawk
- Burgh le Marsh
- Canon's Marsh
- Dilton Marsh
- green marsh hawk
- Hardington Marsh
- Marsh Barton
- Marsh Benham
- marsh buck
- marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
- marsh elder (Iva spp.)
- marsh fever
- marsh fritillary
- marsh gas
- marsh gentian
- Marsh Gibbon
- marsh grass
- marsh harrier
- marsh hawk
- marsh hawksbeard
- marsh hen
- marsh horsetail
- marshland
- marsh light
- marsh lynx
- marsh mallow
- marsh-mallow
- marsh marigold
- Marsh Mills
- marsh pink
- marsh rabbit
- marsh rice rat
- marsh rosemary
- marsh sandpiper
- marsh snake
- marsh thistle
- marsh tit
- marsh treader
- marsh violet
- marsh warbler
- marsh willowherb
- marsh wren
- Moreton-in-Marsh
- Netley Marsh
- rosy marsh moth
- salt marsh
- salt-marsh caterpillar
- salt marsh hay
- salt-marsh terrapin
- St Mary in the Marsh
- St Philip's Marsh
- Thorpe Marsh
- western marsh harrier
Translations
area of low, wet land
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See also
References
- ^ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 222.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
marsh
- Alternative form of merssh
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