marine

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /məˈɹiːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #4141

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to the sea or living in the sea.

Whales and dolphins are marine animals.
2

noun
A soldier trained to serve at sea and to land from ships.

He served as a marine during the war.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

jarheadleatherneck

Word family

Forms marines

Derived forms aeromarinecismarinefluviomarineglaciomarinegyreneinmarsatintermarinemarinescapemarinitemarinizationmarinizemarinone

Related forms marina

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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marine mussel
a mussel that lives in seawater, often attached to a firm surface

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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tell it to the marines
used to dismiss a story or claim as unbelievable

Simplified etymology

Marine, in English since the Middle Ages, ultimately comes from Latin mare, meaning “sea.” The same Latin root underlies mariner and maritime.

Etymology

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

*mer- (sea) Proto-Indo-European marin Middle English marinus Latin *móri Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Maritime & Sailing

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# marine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /məˈɹiːn/
**Frequency rank:** 4141

## Meanings
1. Relating to the sea or living in the sea.
2. A soldier trained to serve at sea and to land from ships.

## Examples
- Whales and dolphins are marine animals.
- He served as a marine during the war.

## Synonyms
- jarhead
- leatherneck

## Derived Forms
- aeromarine
- cismarine
- fluviomarine
- glaciomarine
- gyrene
- inmarsat
- intermarine
- marinescape
- marinite
- marinization
- marinize
- marinone

## Related Forms
- marina

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mer- (sea)
- Root: marin
- Root: marinus
- Root: *móri

## Etymology
Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

## AI Etymology
Marine is recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin. In present-day English its meanings include relating to the sea or living in the sea and a soldier trained to serve at sea and to land from ships. The historical chain runs through *mer- (sea) (Proto-Indo-European), marin (Middle English), marin (Middle French), marinus (Latin), and *móri (Proto-Indo-European).

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Maritime & Sailing

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