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maquereau

/ma.kʁo/

noun, masculine/ma.kʁo/plural: maquereaux

maquereau is masculine in French.

mackerel

Related: groseille à maquereau

Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, of uncertain origin.

noun, masculine/ma.kʁo/plural: maquereaux

maquereau is masculine in French.

pimp

Synonyms: mac, proxénète

Inherited from Middle French macquereau, maquereau, maqueriau, from Old French makerele, maquereau, from Middle Dutch makelaer, makelare (“broker”), itself from Old Frisian mek (“to marry”), from maken (“to make”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.