Meanings
nounmarcassin (plural marcassins)
plural marcassins
- A young wild boar.
A fat marcassin to adorn the board.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 136
Origin
- Frenchmarcassin
- Frenchmarcassin
- Englishmarcassin
Borrowed from French marcassin.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech markazín
- markazínyoung wild boar
Dutch everjong, frisling
- everjongyoung wild boar
- frislingyoung wild boar
French marcassin
- marcassinyoung wild boar
German Frischling
- Frischlingyoung wild boar
Hungarian vadmalac
- vadmalacyoung wild boar
Italian cinghialetto
- cinghialettoyoung wild boar
Japanese うりぼう
- うりぼう (uribō)young wild boar
Polish warchlak
- warchlakyoung wild boar
Spanish jabato
- jabatoyoung wild boar
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APA
marcassin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marcassin
MLA
“marcassin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marcassin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marcassin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marcassin.
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