Define:Merci

Alemannic German

Etymology

Frae French merci.

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛrsi/

Interjection

Merci

1. thank ye

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Catalan

Etymology

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Interjection

Merci

1. (colloquial) thank ye

Synonyms

• gràcies
• mercès

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French

Etymology

Frae Middle French merci, mercy, frae Auld French merci, frae Laitin mercēdem, accusative seengular o mercēs (“wages, fee, price”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.si/
• (France, Paris) [mɛʁ.si]
• Audio (Fraunce, Paris) 
• (Louisiana) [mæ(ɾ).si]
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Noun

Merci m (plural Mercis)

1. (interjection) thank ye

Noun

Merci f (uncountable)

1. mercy, grace

Descendants

• Arabic: مرسي (mersī, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• Armenie: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• Bulgarie: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• Catalan: merci

• Persie: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• Romanie: mersi
• Roushie: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• Turkis mersi

Anagrams

• cimer, crime

Further reading

• “Merci” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Etymology

French merci

Pronunciation

• [mɛʁˈsiː]

Interjection

Merci

1. (Swisserland) thank ye

Seenonyms

• danke
• danke schön
• ich danke schön

Further readin

• Merci in Duden online

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mèr‧ci

Noun

Merci f

1. (deprecatit uise o |lang= parameter) plural o merce

Anagrams

• cremi

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Latin

Noun

mercī

1. dative singular o merx

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Norman

Alternative forms

• mercie (Guernsey)

Etymology

Frae Auld French merci (“mercy; clemency”), frae Laitin mercēs, mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).

Interjection

Merci

1. (Guernsey) thank ye

Derivit terms

• mercie bian (“thank ye verra much”)

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Auld French

Alternative forms

• merchi

Noun

1. 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

   • 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