Phrase guide

Marseille soap

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of hard soap, made from vegetable oils.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

After Marseille in France, from which it comes.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sapuni i Marsejës — kind of hard soap
  • Azerbaijani: Marsel sabunu — kind of hard soap
  • Catalan: sabó de Marsella — kind of hard soap
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬賽皂 /马赛皂 (Mǎsài zào) — kind of hard soap
  • Czech: marseillské mýdlo — kind of hard soap
  • Danish: Marseille sæbe — kind of hard soap
  • Dutch: Marseille zeep — kind of hard soap
  • Finnish: Marseille-saippua — kind of hard soap
  • French: savon de Marseille — kind of hard soap
  • Galician: xabón de Marsella — kind of hard soap
  • German: Marseiller Seife — kind of hard soap
  • Greek: σαπούνι Μασσαλίας (sapoúni Massalías) — kind of hard soap
  • Hindi: मार्सिले साबुन (mārsile sābun) — kind of hard soap
  • Hungarian: Marseille szappan — kind of hard soap
  • Hungarian: Marseille-i szappan — kind of hard soap
  • Italian: sapone di Marsiglia — kind of hard soap
  • Japanese: マルセイユ石鹸 (Maruseiyu sekken) — kind of hard soap
  • Korean: 마르세유 비누 (mareuseyu binu) — kind of hard soap
  • Occitan: sabon de Marselha — kind of hard soap
  • Polish: mydło marsylskie — kind of hard soap
  • Portuguese: sabão de Marselha — kind of hard soap
  • Romanian: săpun de Marsilia — kind of hard soap
  • Russian: марсе́льское мы́ло (marsélʹskoje mýlo) — kind of hard soap
  • Spanish: jabón de Marsella — kind of hard soap
  • Swedish: Marseille tvål — kind of hard soap
  • Turkish: Marsilya sabunu — kind of hard soap