marée noire

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

French

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Coined by a journalist in 1967 after the shipwreck of the Torrey Canyon.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁe nwaʁ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

marée noire f (plural marées noires)

  1. an oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=marée_noire&oldid=79552653"