marsouin

== French == === Etymology === Occurring in a 1086 Medieval Latin translation of the Domesday Book, from Old English mereswīn (“porpoise”), but probably reborrowed from another Germanic source cognate to the Old English word, from Old Frankish *mariswīn, Middle Dutch meerswijn, or Old Norse marsvín (“dolphin”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (“dolphin, porpoise”). More at English mereswine. Cf. also the Old French porpeis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maʁ.swɛ̃/ === Noun === marsouin m (plural marsouins) porpoise ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: marsuí → Romanian: marsuin === See also === dauphin m === Further reading === “marsouin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === namurois, Namurois, roumains, Roumains