mers
English
Noun
mers
- plural of mer
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Adjective
mers
- masculine plural of mer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁ/
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Noun
mers f
- plural of mer
Old French
Alternative forms
- merz (common)
Etymology
Noun
mers oblique singular, f (oblique plural mers, nominative singular mers, nominative plural mers)
- merchandise (goods intended to be sold)
- late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 354, lines 67–70:
- La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
bone cum cele k'ert markande.
De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
en Engleterre curre devait.- The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
good like a merchant's ship
loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
ready to set sail to England.
- The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
Romanian
Etymology
From the verb merge, Latin mersus.
Pronunciation
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Verb
mers (past participle of merge)
- past participle of merge
Noun
mers n (plural mersuri)