FromFrench Marseille (supplanting earlierMarseilles , derived from the Old French nominative form), fromLatin Massilia ,Marsilia , fromAncient Greek Μασσαλία ( Massalía ) , probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhapsAncient Ligurian mas ( “ spring ” ) . Ther was probably retained fromArabic مَرْسَى ( marsā ,“ harbor ” ) .
Marseille
Thecapital city ofBouches-du-Rhône department,France ; thecapital city of the region ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur . city in southern France
Afrikaans:Marseille Arabic:مَارْسِيلْيَا f ( mārsīlyā ) ,مَرْسِيلْيَا f ( marsīlyā ) ,مارساي f ( mārsāy ) ( French form ) Hijazi Arabic:مَرْسيليا f ( marsīlya ) Aragonese:Marsiella Armenian:Մարսել ( Marsel ) Basque:Marseilla Breton:Marsilha f ,Marseille f Bulgarian:Марси́лия f ( Marsílija ) Burmese:မာဆေးမြို့ ( mahce:mrui. ) Catalan:Marsella (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:馬賽 / 马赛 (zh) ( Mǎsài ) Corsican:Marseglia f ,Marsiglia f Czech:Marseille (cs) f Dutch:Marseille n Esperanto:Marsejlo Finnish:Marseilles Franco-Provençal:Marselye ,Marsèlye French:Marseille (fr) m or f Galician:Marsella (gl) f German:Marseille (de) n ,Massilien n Greek:Μασσαλία (el) f ( Massalía ) ,Μαρσέιγ ( Marséig ) Haitian Creole:Masey Hebrew:מרסיי f Hindi:मार्सैय ( mārsaiy ) Hungarian:Marseille (hu) Irish:Marseille Italian:Marsiglia (it) f Japanese:マルセイユ ( Maruseiyu ) Kannada:ಮಾರ್ಸೆಲ್ಲಿ ( mārselli ) Karakalpak:Marsel Khmer:ម៉ាកសី ( maaksəy ) Korean:마르세유 ( Mareuseyu ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:Masêy Ladino:Marseya Latin:Massilia (la) f Latvian:Marseļa f Ligurian:Marseggia Lithuanian:Marselis m Lombard:Marseja Macedonian:Марсе́ј m ( Marséj ) Norman:Marsêle ,Marsèle Occitan:Marselha (oc) f ,( Mistralian ) Marsiho f Persian:مارسی ( mârsey ) Piedmontese:Marsèja Polish:Marsylia (pl) f Portuguese:Marselha f Romanian:Marsilia (ro) f Russian:Марсе́ль (ru) m ( Marsɛ́lʹ ) Sardinian:Marsìllia f Sicilian:Marsigghia f Spanish:Marsella (es) f Swedish:Marseille (sv) n ,Marseilles (sv) n Tamil:மர்சேய் ( marcēy ) Turkish:Marsilya Ukrainian:Марсе́ль m ( Marsélʹ ) Venetan:Marsegia Vietnamese:Mạc-xây ,Mác-xây
Borrowed fromFrench Marseille . This surname is mostly found inHaiti .
Marseille (plural Marseilles )
Asurname from French .According to the 2010 United States Census,Marseille is the 34758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals.Marseille is most common among Black/African American (90.46%) individuals. Marseille f (relational adjective marseilleský or marseillský ,demonym Marseillan ,femaledemonym Marseillanka )
Marseille (thecapital city ofBouches-du-Rhône department,France ; thecapital city of the region ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur )Declension ofMarseille (sg-only soft feminine )
“Marseille ”, inKartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Marseille ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 From theLatin Massilia ,Marsilia ,Massalia , fromAncient Greek Μασσαλία ( Massalía ) , possibly anAncient Ligurian toponym or perhaps fromAncient Greek μάσσων ( mássōn ,“ further ” ) +ἅλς ( háls ,“ sea ” ) , literally“ (city) on far end of the sea ” cf.Ancient Greek παραλία ( paralía ) .
IPA (key ) : /maʁ.sɛj/ /maχˈsɛjə/ (locally) Marseille m or f
Marseille (thecapital city ofBouches-du-Rhône department,France ; thecapital city of the region ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur )Synonym: cité phocéenne Meronyms: Belsunce ,Canebière ,Évêché ,Frais-Vallon ,La Timone ,Sormiou Marseille n (proper noun ,genitive Marseilles or ( optionally with an article ) Marseille )
Marseille (thecapital city ofBouches-du-Rhône department,France ; thecapital city of the region ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur )