maraisEtymologyFrom French Marais.nameA historical district in Paris, France.nounA marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas.“[…] and as all along the sea-coast, at least in those parts where I have resided, there has always been a vast extent of marais, or marsh, which has been bien communal, the poorer classes experienced no obstacle to their living in this manner. And no porte d'arme is required.”