Marseille

English Etymology 1 en fr Marseille (supplanting earlier en Marseilles, derived from the Old French nominative form), from en la Massilia, la Marsilia, from en grc Μασσαλία, probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps en xlg - lij mas spring. The r was probably retained from en ar مَرْسَى harbor. en ar ر س و Pronunciation en /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Marseille.wav Southern England en eɪ 2 Proper noun en Q23482en capital city dept/Bouches-du-Rhône c/France ; capital city r:pref/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. en 2 October 2026 Dan Sales Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo BBC News The protests began last week in the capital Paris and have spread across the country, with cities including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille affected. 2 October 2026 en Marseilles Derived terms en Marseillese Marseille soap Related terms en marcella Massalia Massalian Massaliot Marseillais Marseillaise Translations city in southern France Afrikaans: af Marseille Arabic: ar مَارْسِيلْيَا f, ar مَرْسِيلْيَا f, ar مارساي f mārsāy French form Hijazi Arabic: acw مَرْسيليا f marsīlya Aragonese: an Marsiella Armenian: hy Մարսել Asturian: ast Marsella Basque: eu Marseilla Breton: br Marsilha f, br Marseille f Bulgarian: bg Марси́лия f Burmese: my မာဆေးမြို့ Catalan: ca Marsella f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬賽 Mǎsài Corsican: co Marseglia f, co Marsiglia f Czech: cs Marseille f Dutch: nl Marseille n Esperanto: eo Marsejlo Finnish: fi Marseilles Franco-Provençal: frp Marselye, frp Marsèlye French: fr Marseille m f Galician: gl Marsella f German: de Marseille n, de Massilien n Greek: el Μασσαλία f, el Μαρσέιγ Haitian Creole: ht Masey Hebrew: he מרסיי f Hindi: hi मार्सेय Hungarian: hu Marseille Irish: ga Marseille Italian: it Marsiglia f Japanese: ja マルセイユ Maruseiyu Kannada: kn ಮಾರ್ಸೆಲ್ಲಿ Karakalpak: kaa Marsel Khmer: km ម៉ាកសី Korean: ko ^마르세유 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Masêy Ladino: lad Marseya Latin: la Massilia f Latvian: lv Marseļa f Ligurian: lij Marseggia Lithuanian: lt Marselis m Lombard: lmo Marseja Macedonian: mk Марсе́ј m Norman: nrf Marsêle, nrf Marsèle Occitan: oc Marselha f, Mistralian oc Marsiho f Persian: fa مارسی mârsey Piedmontese: pms Marsèja Polish: pl Marsylia f Portuguese: pt Marselha f Romanian: ro Marsilia f Russian: ru Марсе́ль m Marsɛ́lʹ Sardinian: sc Marsìllia f Sicilian: scn Marsigghia f Spanish: es Marsella f Swedish: sv Marseille n, sv Marseilles n Tamil: ta மர்சேய் Turkish: tr Marsilya Ukrainian: uk Марсе́ль m Venetan: vec Marsegia Vietnamese: vi Mạc-xây, vi Mác-xây Etymology 2 Borrowed from en fr Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti. Pronunciation en /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪl/ en eɪ eɪl 2 Proper noun s en French. Statistics 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. Further reading Marseille, Marseilles Czech Pronunciation Marsej Proper noun f Marseillan Marseillanka marseilleský,marseillský cs capital city dept/Bouches-du-Rhône c/France ; capital city r:pref/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille Declension f.sg Further reading French fr: Etymology From the fr la Massilia, la Marsilia, la Massalia, from fr grc Μασσαλία, possibly an fr xlg - toponym or perhaps from fr grc - grc μάσσων further ἅλς sea (city) on far end of the sea 1 cf. grc παραλία. Pronunciation fr /maχˈsɛjə/ locally fr Fr-Marseille.ogg <<France>> (<<Avignon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Marseille.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Marseille.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Marseille.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Marseille.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun mf fr capital city dept/Bouches-du-Rhône c/France ; capital city r:pref/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille fr cité phocéenne fr Belsunce Canebière Évêché Frais-Vallon La Timone Sormiou Derived terms fr La Marseillaise marseillais Marseillais Marseillaise marseillisation Related terms fr massaliote Massaliote Descendants cs 1 Marseille en 1 Marseille marcella de 1 Marseille ru 1 Марсе́ль uk 1 Марсе́ль Anagrams fr mésallier German Pronunciation de De-Marseille-pronunciation.ogg de /maʁˈsɛːj/ de De-Marseille.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de capital city dept/Bouches-du-Rhône c/France ; capital city r:pref/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille