marchand

Inherited from Old French marchedant, from Vulgar Latin *mercatantem, from the verb *mercatare, from Latin mercatus (“market”).

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/

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marchand (feminine marchande, masculine plural marchands, feminine plural marchandes)

1. (relational) merchant; mercantile

marchand m (plural marchands, feminine marchande)

1. seller; vendor; merchant

• “marchand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French marcheant.

marchand m (plural marchands)

1. vendor; seller

• French: marchand

• marchand on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Unadapted borrowing from French marchand.

marchand m or f by sense (plural marchands)

1. art dealer

• “marchand”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025