# marisma
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marisma. Ultimately distantly related to marsh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈɹɪsmə/

### Noun

marisma (plural marismas)
* A tidal or saltwater marsh.
** 1910, Abel Chapman, Walter John Buck, Unexplored Spain, page 409:Mallard [...], in the marisma, nest in precisely similar situations, but their eggs number twelve or fourteen. Elsewhere their nests (being among bush or reedbeds) are less easily seen.
** 1919, The Ibis, page 163:... waters of the marisma. Whilst photographing the latter Mr. Read was fortunate enough to get a good view of the famous wild camels of the marisma galloping away in the distance, the herd numbering some sixteen or eighteen head.
** 1980, Erik Carp, Directory of Wetlands of International Importance in the Western Palearctic, IUCN, →ISBN, page 359:6. Grasslands, bordering the marismas but usually separated from them by a belt of rushes Juncus spp. 7. The Carex-Scirpus zone of the marismas, flooded for part of the year by fresh water carried largely by the Madre de las Marismas, which flows parallel […]

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300, from Old Spanish marisma, from Mozarabic, from Latin ora maritima.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maˈɾismɐ]

### Noun

marisma f (plural marismas)
* (archaic) seaside
    Synonym: mariña
* saltwater marsh, tideland marsh; estuary
    Synonym: esteiro

#### Related terms

* mar
* marítimo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marisma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marisma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marisma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marisma.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾiz.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾiz.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /maˈɾiʒ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾiz.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈɾiʒ.mɐ/

### Noun

marisma f (plural marismas)
* marsh (area of low, wet land)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin maritima, feminine of maritimus. Considering the Spanish word's /s/ and /i/, likely borrowed via Mozarabic. Compare Portuguese marisma, Catalan maresma, Italian maremma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈɾisma/ [maˈɾiz.ma]
* Rhymes: -isma
* Syllabification: ma‧ris‧ma

### Noun

marisma f (plural marismas)
* saltwater marsh, tideland marsh
** 1941, Roberto Arlt, El criador de gorilas, Odio desde la otra vida:Rápidamente se encontró en las orillas de una marisma, cargada de flexibles juncos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* cocodrilo de las marismas
* marismeño

#### Related terms

* mar

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “mar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 838

### Further reading

* “marisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10