maquereau

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word maquereau. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word maquereau, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say maquereau in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word maquereau you have here. The definition of the word maquereau will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmaquereau, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.kʁo/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, of uncertain origin.

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaux)

  1. mackerel
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (“broker”), itself from Old Frisian mek (“to marry”), from maken (“to make”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaux, feminine maquerelle)

  1. (colloquial) pimp
    Synonyms: mac, proxénète
Descendants
  • → Catalan: macarró
  • → Spanish: macró
  • Haitian Creole: makrèl
  • → Portuguese: macrô
  • → Serbo-Croatian: makro
  • → Vietnamese: ma cô

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquereau.

Noun

maquereau m (plural maquereaus)

  1. (Jersey) pimp
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia