Explore Marseillaise through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Marseillaise in a sentence
Marseillaise meaning
The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.
Synonyms of Marseillaise
Using Marseillaise
- The main meaning on this page is: The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.
- Useful related words include: national anthem.
- In the example corpus, marseillaise often appears in combinations such as: la marseillaise, marseillaise and, the marseillaise.
Context around Marseillaise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Marseillaise
- In this selection, "marseillaise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, broke, mafia and france stand out and add context to how "marseillaise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anthem la marseillaise and le and anthem la marseillaise broke out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "marseillaise" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with marseillaise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The crowd then spontaneously burst into a rendition of the Marseillaise, France’s national anthem. (15 words)
And once again they will be singing their iconic anthem La Marseillaise in their opener against Italy. (17 words)
Later, in celebrations at Dover Castle, “We sang ‘La Marseillaise’ and ‘God Save the Queen,'” he said. (17 words)
The four sculptural groups at the base of the Arc are The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot), Resistance and Peace (both by Antoine Étex) and the most renowned of them all, Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 commonly called La Marseillaise (François Rude). (42 words)
The melody soon became the rallying call to the French Revolution and was adopted as "La Marseillaise" after the melody was first sung on the streets by volunteers ( fédérés in French) from Marseille by the end of May. (38 words)
Historical use in Russia main In Russia, La Marseillaise was used as a republican revolutionary anthem by those who knew French starting in the 18th century, almost simultaneously with its adoption in France. (33 words)
Example sentences (14)
And once again they will be singing their iconic anthem La Marseillaise in their opener against Italy.
Cheers and spontaneous renditions of French national anthem La Marseillaise broke out from crowds who lined the streets to watch cyclists braving treacherous conditions in the time-trial competitions.
Later, in celebrations at Dover Castle, “We sang ‘La Marseillaise’ and ‘God Save the Queen,'” he said.
The French national anthem La Marseillaise and Le Chant des Partisans, the hymn of the Resistance, will be performed by the French Army Chorus.
Gaetano Zampa, King of the Marseillaise Mafia, was found “suicided” on the morning of that July day in 1984.
The crowd then spontaneously burst into a rendition of the Marseillaise, France’s national anthem.
Historical use in Russia main In Russia, La Marseillaise was used as a republican revolutionary anthem by those who knew French starting in the 18th century, almost simultaneously with its adoption in France.
In 1792, Rouget de Lisle composed in Strasbourg the Revolutionary marching song " La Marseillaise " (as Marching song for the Army of the Rhine), which later became the anthem of France.
In the presence of two battalions of the National Guard and the leaders of the Commune, a band played " La Marseillaise " and the " Chant du Départ ".
On 10 March 1917, there was a parade with Russian workers marching with red flags, Russian soldiers singing La Marseillaise and thousands of local Central Asians.
The four sculptural groups at the base of the Arc are The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot), Resistance and Peace (both by Antoine Étex) and the most renowned of them all, Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 commonly called La Marseillaise (François Rude).
The Marseillaise was a revolutionary song, an anthem to freedom, a patriotic call to mobilize all the citizens and an exhortation to fight against tyranny and foreign invasion.
The melody soon became the rallying call to the French Revolution and was adopted as "La Marseillaise" after the melody was first sung on the streets by volunteers ( fédérés in French) from Marseille by the end of May.
The opening bars of the " Deutschlandlied ", the national anthem of Germany, are featured throughout the score as a motif to represent the Germans, much as "La Marseillaise" is used to represent the Allies.
Common combinations with marseillaise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- la marseillaise 11×
- marseillaise and 4×
- the marseillaise 3×
- marseillaise was 2×