What does marée in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word marée in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use marée in French.

The word marée in French means tide, tide, flood, catch, at low tide, at high tide, tidal coefficient, tidal current, spring tide, low tide, ebb tide, high tide, flood of people, flood tide, oil slick, catastrophe, disaster, red tide, algal bloom, rising tide, tidal wave, landslide. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word marée

tide

nom féminin (oscillation de la mer) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y a la marée haute et la marée basse.
There's high tide and low tide.

tide, flood

nom féminin (figuré (foule) (of people: figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Une marée humaine sortait du stade.
A human tide was pouring out of the stadium.

catch

nom féminin (produits d'une pêche) (fishing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La marée fut généreuse hier.
We had a generous catch yesterday.

at low tide

locution adverbiale (quand la mer s'est retirée)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

at high tide

locution adverbiale (quand la mer est au plus haut)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

tidal coefficient

nom masculin (force d'une marée) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les grands coefficients de marée attirent beaucoup de monde sur le littoral.

tidal current

nom masculin (courant dû aux marées) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

spring tide

nom féminin (onde de la mer en pleine, nouvelle lune) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On parle de grande marée ou de vives eaux lorsque le coefficient de marée dépasse 100.

low tide

nom féminin (moment où la mer s'est retirée) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La pêche aux coquillages se fait à marée basse.

ebb tide

nom féminin (mer se retirant de la plage) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À marée descendante, les enfants ramassent des coquillages sur le sable mouillé.

high tide

nom féminin (moment où la mer est au maximum) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mer heurte la falaise à marée haute.

flood of people

nom féminin (figuré (foule importante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

flood tide

nom féminin (flot marin) (oceanography)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il faut faire attention à ne pas être piégé sur un îlot à la marée montante.

oil slick

nom féminin (pétrole déversé dans la mer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le naufrage provoqua une marée noire.

catastrophe, disaster

nom féminin (figuré (catastrophe)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si un virus se répandait dans les égouts ce serait une marée noire !

red tide

nom féminin (marée riche en phytoplancton) (algae)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

algal bloom

nom féminin (invasion d'algues)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La marée verte est un dépôt d'algues apportées par la mer lorsqu'elle monte.

rising tide

nom féminin (hausse du niveau de la mer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tidal wave

nom masculin invariable (énorme vague recouvrant tout)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un séisme a provoqué un énorme raz-de-marée.
An earthquake caused a huge tidal wave.

landslide

nom masculin invariable (figuré (phénomène bouleversant) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce candidat a provoqué un raz-de-marée aux élections.
This candidate won a landslide in the elections.

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