Meaning

4 senses

  1. A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.

    He was a marine in World War II.

    a member of the United States Marine Corps

  2. (capitalized, in the plural)A marine corps.

    He fought with the Marines in World War II.

    Marineinfanterist

    солда́т морско́й пехо́тыsoldát morskój pexóty, морско́й пехоти́нецmorskój pexotínec, морпе́хmorpéx

    морськи́й піхоти́нецьmorsʹkýj pixotýnecʹ, морпі́хmorpíx

  3. A painting representing some marine subject.

  4. (archaic)Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).

Examples

121 sentences

  1. I'm an ex-marine.

    Я колишній морський піхотинець. — deniko

    deIch bin ein ehemaliger Marinesoldat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. This area is rich in marine products.

    deDiese Gegend ist reich an Meeresprodukten. — Tamy

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  3. How does climate change affect marine life?

    deWie beeinflußt der Klimawandel das Leben im Meer? — Waldelfe

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  4. Tom is a marine.

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  5. Tom wanted to join the Marines.

    Том хотів записатися у десант. — deniko

    ruТом хотел стать морским пехотинцем. — Ooneykcall

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
member of a marine corps:
Русский
By meaning 1
member of a marine corps:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
member of a marine corps:

Origin

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

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Forms

plural: marines
Singularmarine
Pluralmarines

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
navyB2devil dogjarheadleatherneck
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Deriveddead marinehorse marinemerchant marinespace marine

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
marinademarinatemarinerC2marionettemarital

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