salt marsh

See also: saltmarsh

English

Alternative forms

• saltmarsh (about twice as common as salt marsh in British English)

Etymology

From Middle English saltmarsh, saltmerssh, saltmersch, saltmerch, saltmersk, equivalent to salt +‎ marsh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

salt marsh (plural salt marshes)

1. A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
   • 1961 December, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750:

     After a succession of short runs through the salt marshes and vineyards of Languedoc, linking together many towns of considerable size, the "Catalan" joins the P.L.M. main line at Tarascon, [...].

Synonyms

• salting

Derived terms

• salt-marsh caterpillar
• salt marsh elder
• salt-marsh hen
• salt marsh moth
• salt-marsh terrapin

Translations

marsh of saline water

• Belarusian: саланча́к m (salančák)
• Catalan: saladar, schorre
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽沼 / 盐沼 (zh) (yánzhǎo), 咸沼 (xiánzhǎo)

• Dutch: kwelder (nl) f, schor (nl) m or f, gors (nl) f or n
• Finnish: marskimaa (fi)
• French: marais salant (fr) m, schorre (fr)
• Galician: marisma (gl) f, braña (gl) f
• German: Salzmarsch f, Salzwiese (de) f
• Greek: αλμυρός βάλτος m (almyrós váltos)
• Irish: riasc goirt m
• Japanese: 塩沼 (えんしょう, enshō)
• Kalmyk: марц (marts)
• Latvian: solončaks m
• Macedonian: солено мочуриште n (soleno močurište)
• Polish: mokradła słone
• Portuguese: pântano salino m, marisma salina f
• Russian: солонча́к (ru) m (solončák), солоне́ц (ru) m (solonéc)
• Spanish: saladar m, salina (es) f, marisma salina f, schorre
• Telugu: ఉప్పుపర్ర (uppuparra)
• Turkish: tuz bataklığı, tuzla (tr)
• Ukrainian: солонча́к m (solončák)

Further reading

• salt marsh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “salt marsh”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.