marée noire

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁe nwaʁ/

Noun

marée noire f (plural marées noires)

  1. an oil spill; a huge disbursement of oil on or near the coast.
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