Marine

Pronunciation

• IPA: /məˈrin/
• Hyphenation: ma + rine
• Rhymes: -iːn

Origin

Recorded since c.1420, 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).

Full definition of marine

Adjective

1. Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology, marine insurance.)
• 2013-07-20, Welcome to the plastisphere, Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.

Noun

1. A member of a marine corps.He was a marine in World War II.
2. (capitalised in the plural) A marine corps.He fought with the Marines in World War II.
3. A painting representing some marine subject.

Synonyms

• devil dog
• jarhead
• leatherneck

Anagrams

• airmen
• Mainer
• remain