Meanings
nounMarseille soap (countable and uncountable, plural Marseille soaps)
plural Marseille soaps
- countableuncountableA kind of hard soap, made from vegetable oils.
Origin
After Marseille in France, from which it comes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan sabó de Marsella
- sabó de Marsellakind of hard soap
Chinese Mandarin 馬賽皂 /马赛皂
- 馬賽皂 /马赛皂 (Mǎsài zào)kind of hard soap
Czech marseillské mýdlo
- marseillské mýdlokind of hard soap
Danish Marseille sæbe
- Marseille sæbekind of hard soap
Dutch Marseille zeep
- Marseille zeepkind of hard soap
Finnish Marseille-saippua
- Marseille-saippuakind of hard soap
French savon de Marseille
- savon de Marseillekind of hard soap
German Marseiller Seife
- Marseiller Seifekind of hard soap
Greek σαπούνι Μασσαλίας
- σαπούνι Μασσαλίας (sapoúni Massalías)kind of hard soap
Hindi मार्सिले साबुन
- मार्सिले साबुन (mārsile sābun)kind of hard soap
Hungarian Marseille szappan, Marseille-i szappan
- Marseille szappankind of hard soap
- Marseille-i szappankind of hard soap
Italian sapone di Marsiglia
- sapone di Marsigliakind of hard soap
Japanese マルセイユ石鹸
- マルセイユ石鹸 (Maruseiyu sekken)kind of hard soap
Korean 마르세유 비누
- 마르세유 비누 (mareuseyu binu)kind of hard soap
Polish mydło marsylskie
- mydło marsylskiekind of hard soap
Portuguese sabão de Marselha
- sabão de Marselhakind of hard soap
Romanian săpun de Marsilia
- săpun de Marsiliakind of hard soap
Russian марсе́льское мы́ло
- марсе́льское мы́ло (marsélʹskoje mýlo)kind of hard soap
Spanish jabón de Marsella
- jabón de Marsellakind of hard soap
Swedish Marseille tvål
- Marseille tvålkind of hard soap
Turkish Marsilya sabunu
- Marsilya sabunukind of hard soap
Cite this entry
APA
Marseille soap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marseille%20soap
MLA
“Marseille soap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marseille%20soap. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marseille soap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marseille%20soap.
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