☉maréchaussée, n.f., marshalsea, constabulary; mounted police.
marée, n.f., tide, water, flood; (fresh) sea-fish. Haute —, pleine —; high water. Basse —; low water. De —; tidal. Grande —, — de vive eau; spring-tide. — morte; neap tide. La — monte; the tide is coming in. La — descend; the tide is going down, running out. Prendre la —; to take advantage of the tide. — montante; flood. — descendante; ebb. — qui porte au vent; wind-tide. Aller contre vent et —; to pursue one’s course in spite of all difficulties. Avoir vent et —; to sail with wind and tide. Vendeur de —; fishmonger. Cela arrive comme — en carême; that comes like fish in Lent. Ce qui vient de flot s’en retourne de —; lightly come, lightly go. La — n’attend personne; time and tide wait for no man.
marégraphe, n.m., tide-gauge.
marelle, n.f., hopscotch.
maremme, n.f., marshy land on the seashore (in Italy).
marengo (-rin-go), n.m., Oxford gray.
marengo, n.f., (cook.) marengo, fowl fricasseed with mushrooms.
mareyeur, n.m., fish-factor, fish-salesman; fish-carrier.
margarine, n.f., (chem.) margarine.
margarique, adj., (chem.) margaric.