marsh

Senso (Inglese)

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)

Concetti

torbiera alcalina

zona paludosa

torbiera acida

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/mɑɹʃ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

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