Mar|seil|laise

Mar|seil|laise
Mar|seil|laise «MAHR suh LAYZ; French mar seh YEHZ», noun.
the French national anthem, written in 1792 during the French Revolution by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
╂[< French (chanson) marseillaise < the city of Marseilles (because first sung by a group from there)]

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  • Marseillaise — Mar|seil|laise [ˌma:seıˈez US ˌma:r ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: of Marseilles, city on the south coast of France ; because the song was popular among soldiers based in Marseilles] the Marseillaise the national song of France …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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