mer-

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝ/

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• Homophones: murr, murre, myrrh (all fern–fir–fur merger); mare (fair–fur merger)

From Middle English mere-, from Old English mere-, from Proto-Germanic *mari-, from Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”). More at mere.

mer-

1. sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures.

   mercow, mermaid, merman, merswine, mersnake

Extracted from merman, mermaid.

mer-

1. (fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen.

   merlady, merfolk, merwife, mermonster

mer-

1. Alternative form of mero- (“part, partial”) used before a vowel

• EMR, ERM, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, erm, rem