# mariner
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmæɹɪnə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æɹɪnə(ɹ)

### Noun

mariner (plural mariners)
* Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
** 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

#### Derived terms

* master mariner
* merchant mariner

## Catalan
### Etymology

From marí. Compare Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro, French marinier, Italian marinaio. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mə.ɾiˈne]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ma.ɾiˈneɾ]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Adjective

mariner (feminine marinera, masculine plural mariners, feminine plural marineres)
* marine, sea
* (of people) seafaring
    Eren gent marinera que sortien a la mar a pescar.They were seafaring people who went to sea to fish.
* (of watercraft) seaworthy

### Noun

mariner m (plural mariners, feminine marinera)
* sailor, seaman

#### Related terms

* mar
* marí

### Further reading

* “mariner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mariner”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mariner” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mariner” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Originally "to pickle in brine or seawater", from marin (“of the sea”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ʁi.ne/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mariner
* to marinate

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “mariner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ranimer

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* marener, mareyner, maroner, marynar, maryneer, maryner, marynere, marynier

### Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mariner; equivalent to marin +‎ -er. Compare marinel and Medieval Latin marīnārius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmariˈneːr/, /ˈmarinər/

### Noun

mariner (plural mariners)
* sailor (individual working on or navigating a ship)
    Synonyms: schipman, seeman
* captain (commander of a ship)
    Synonym: schipman
* (rare) pirate (seaborne robber)
    Synonym: schipman

#### Descendants

* English: mariner

#### References

* “marinē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

mariner m
* indefinite plural of marine

### Verb

mariner
* imperative of marinere

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* marinier

### Etymology

marin +‎ -er.

### Noun

mariner oblique singular, m (oblique plural mariners, nominative singular mariners, nominative plural mariner)
* seaman; sailor

#### Descendants

* Middle French: marinier
** French: marinier
* → Middle English: mariner, marener, mareyner, maroner, marynar, maryneer, maryner, marynere, marynier
** English: mariner

### References

* mariner on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Romanian
### Noun

mariner m (plural marineri)
* Obsolete form of marinar.

#### Declension
### References

* mariner in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Swedish
### Noun

mariner
* indefinite plural of marin

### Anagrams

* minerar