Marseillais

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adjective

Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

OriginFrench marseillais →
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Meanings

adjectiveMarseillais (comparative more Marseillais, superlative most Marseillais)

comparative more Marseillais · superlative most Marseillais · alternative Marseillese

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
nounMarseillais (plural Marseillais)

alternative Marseillese

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

    Where ordinary Frenchmen were divided, the Marseillais were united.

    2008, Nicholas Woodsworth, Seeking Provence: Old Myths, New Paths

Origin

  1. Frenchmarseillais
  2. EnglishMarseillais

Borrowed from French marseillais, from Marseille + -ais. Doublet of Marseillese.

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Translations

Catalan marsellès, marsellès
  • marsellèsrelating to Marseille
  • marsellèsnative or inhabitant of Marseille
Czech Marseillan
  • Marseillannative or inhabitant of Marseille
Esperanto marsejlano
  • marsejlanonative or inhabitant of Marseille
French marseillais, Marseillais
  • marseillaisrelating to Marseille
  • Marseillaisnative or inhabitant of Marseille
German Marseiller
  • Marseillernative or inhabitant of Marseille
Greek Μασσαλιώτης
  • Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliótis)native or inhabitant of Marseille
Italian marsigliese
  • marsigliesenative or inhabitant of Marseille
Polish marsylianin, marsylczyk
  • marsylianinnative or inhabitant of Marseille
  • marsylczyknative or inhabitant of Marseille
Portuguese marselhês
  • marselhêsrelating to Marseille
Russian марсе́льский, марсе́лец
  • марсе́льский (marsélʹskij)relating to Marseille
  • марсе́лец (marsélec)native or inhabitant of Marseille
Slovak Marseillčan
  • Marseillčannative or inhabitant of Marseille
Cite this entry
APA

Marseillais. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marseillais

MLA

“Marseillais.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marseillais. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marseillais,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marseillais.

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