Define:Merci
Alemannic German[eedit soorce]
Etymology[eedit soorce]
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- /ˈmɛrsi/
Interjection[eedit soorce]
Merci
Catalan[eedit soorce]
Etymology[eedit soorce]
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Interjection[eedit soorce]
Merci
Synonyms[eedit soorce]
French[eedit soorce]
Etymology[eedit soorce]
Frae Middle French merci, mercy, frae Auld French merci, frae Laitin mercēdem, accusative seengular o mercēs (“wages, fee, price”).
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- IPA(key): /mɛʁ.si/
- (France, Paris) [mɛʁ.si]
- Audio (Fraunce, Paris) (help·info)
- (Louisiana) [mæ(ɾ).si]
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Noun[eedit soorce]
Merci m (plural Mercis)
- (interjection) thank ye
Noun[eedit soorce]
Merci f (uncountable)
Descendants[eedit soorce]
Anagrams[eedit soorce]
Further reading[eedit soorce]
- “Merci” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German[eedit soorce]
Etymology[eedit soorce]
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- [mɛʁˈsiː]
Interjection[eedit soorce]
Merci
- (Swisserland) thank ye
Seenonyms[eedit soorce]
Further readin[eedit soorce]
- Merci in Duden online
Italian[eedit soorce]
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- Hyphenation: mèr‧ci
Noun[eedit soorce]
Merci f
Anagrams[eedit soorce]
Latin[eedit soorce]
Noun[eedit soorce]
mercī
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Norman[eedit soorce]
Alternative forms[eedit soorce]
- mercie (Guernsey)
Etymology[eedit soorce]
Frae Auld French merci (“mercy; clemency”), frae Laitin mercēs, mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).
Interjection[eedit soorce]
Merci
Derivit terms[eedit soorce]
- mercie bian (“thank ye verra much”)
Auld French[eedit soorce]
Alternative forms[eedit soorce]
Noun[eedit soorce]
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- mercy; clemency
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- Se vos metez an sa merci
Nus (fors le conte qui est ci)
de vos n'i a mort desservie
ja ne perdroiz manbre ne vie- If ye thraw yersels on his mercy
None (apairt frae the coont wha is here)
o ye deserve daith;
ye will lose neither life nor limm
- If ye thraw yersels on his mercy
- Se vos metez an sa merci
- 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16-17:
- ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
a tun commandement merci auvrunt- this ye ken, my friend, that aw thae wha are leukin for ye
upon yer command will hae mercy
- this ye ken, my friend, that aw thae wha are leukin for ye
- ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès: