marinier

First attested in the mid 17th century. Borrowed from French marinier.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaː.riˈniːr/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧nier
• Rhymes: -iːr

marinier m (plural mariniers, diminutive mariniertje n)

1. marine

• The literal translation of "marinier" is marine. However, a Dutch "marinier" is on a par with a US Navy SEAL. A US Marine is somewhat equivalent to a Dutch Landmacht soldaat.

• ketenmarinier

• → Indonesian: marinir
• → Papiamentu: marinir

Inherited from Middle French marinier, from Old French mariner. By surface analysis, marin +‎ -ier. Compare Catalan mariner, Italian marinaio, Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.nje/

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marinier (feminine marinière, masculine plural mariniers, feminine plural marinières)

1. (relational) sea; marine

• moules marinières

marinier m (plural mariniers)

1. fresh water sailor, bargeman

• marin

• batelier
• péniche

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

From Old French marinier.

marinier m (plural mariniers)

1. mariner

• French: marinier

marinier oblique singular, m (oblique plural mariniers, nominative singular mariniers, nominative plural marinier)

1. alternative form of mariner
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     les mariniers dedanz les nes.

     The mariners in the boats.

Borrowed from French marinier.

marinier m (plural marinieri)

1. (obsolete) sailor

   Synonym: marinar

• marinier in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN