adjective/ma.ʁi.nje/
sea; marine
Related: moules marinières
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.
noun, masculine/ma.ʁi.nje/plural: mariniers
fresh water sailor, bargeman
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.