maquereau
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.kʁo/
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Etymology 1
From Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, of uncertain origin.
Noun
maquereau m (plural maquereaux)
- mackerel
Derived terms
- groseille à maquereau (“gooseberry”)
Etymology 2
From Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (“broker”).
Noun
maquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)
- (colloquial) pimp
- Synonyms: mac, proxénète
Descendants
- → Catalan: macarró
- → Spanish: macarra
- → Spanish: macró
- → Portuguese: macrô
- → Serbo-Croatian: makro
- → Vietnamese: ma cô
Further reading
- “maquereau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French maquereau.
Noun
maquereau m (plural maquereaus)
- (Jersey) pimp