maquis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican machja (related to Italian macchia), ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmakiː/, /maˈkiː/
Noun
maquis (uncountable)
- (botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. [from 19th c.]
- (historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere. [from 1940s]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, page 75:
- By this time O.S. membership numbered some 4,500, and many of those who escaped imprisonment either fled abroad or formed the nucleus of a growing maquis in the more inaccessible parts of the country.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, page 75:
French
Etymology
From Corsican machja or macchia, from Latin macula (“spot”), with addition of the suffix -is.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ki/
Noun
maquis m (plural maquis)
- (botany) macchia (Mediterranean brush)
- (botany) thicket
- Synonym: broussaille
- (figuratively, historical, military) resistance, underground (movement during World War II)
- Synonym: guérilla
Derived terms
- maquisard
- prendre le maquis
Further reading
- “maquis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican macchia, from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula.
Noun
maquis m, f (plural maquis)
- maquis (member of the French resistance during the Second World War)
Spanish
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