marien

Borrowed from French marin.

• IPA^(key): /maːˈrin/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧rien
• Rhymes: -in

marien (not comparable)

1. marine, relating to the sea

Common in scientific contexts, such as mariene biologie (marine biology) and marien ecosysteem (marine ecosystem). In everyday expressions, however, this meaning is usually conveyed simply with a compound with the word zee (sea) in front, as in zeebodem (sea floor) and zeedier (marine animal).

Not to be confused with marine (navy).

• marie

Borrowed from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmariːən/

marien

1. to marry

• English: marry
• Yola: marreet (preterite)

• “marīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.