mer
See also: MER, Mer, mér, mêr, měr, mer-, -mer, měŕ, and Appendix:Variations of "mer"
English
Noun
mer (plural mers)
- (chemistry) A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer.
- 2010, Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing (4th Edition), page 9:
- A polymer is a compound formed of repeating structural units called mers, whose atoms share electrons to form very large molecules.
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Noun
mer pl (plural only)
- (fantasy) merpeople
- 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, page 65:
- There are mermaids and mermen everywhere. They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways. It's impossible not to stare. The mer are as diverse as humans—all ages, size, shape, and color.
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Etymology 3
See mayor.
Noun
mer (plural mers)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.
Anagrams
- EMR, ERM, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, erm, rem
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- meru
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *mēlum, from Latin mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.
Noun
mer n (plural meari/meare)
- apple
Derived terms
- mirush
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus.
Noun
mer m (plural meri)
- apple tree
Derived terms
- agrumer
- miric
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin merus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈmer/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmeɾ/
Adjective
mer (feminine mera, masculine plural mers, feminine plural meres)
- mere, simple
Derived terms
- merament
Further reading
- “mer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːɹ/
- Rhymes: -eːɹ
Noun
mer f (genitive singular merar, plural merar)
- mare, female horse
- Synonym: ryssa
Declension
| f6 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mer | merin | merar | merarnar |
| Accusative | mer | merina | merar | merarnar |
| Dative | mer | merini | merum | merunum |
| Genitive | merar | merarinnar | mera | meranna |
French
Etymology
From Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
The word is almost unparalleled as a Latin neuter that has become feminine without being a backformation from a plural in -a (French -e). This has been ascribed to the influence of terre (“land”). In most other Romance languages it is a masculine, the main exception being Romanian mare f.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (CAN) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʁ
- Homophones: maire, maires, mère, mères, mers
Noun
mer f (plural mers)
- sea (large body of water)
- 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime
- J'aime, j'aime, j'aime la solitude parfois. mais j'aime pas les cris quand ils ne s'arrêtent pas, quand les émotions me plongent en mer enragée, quand le manque de moi me fait divaguer.
- I love, I love, I sometimes love the loneliness/solitude. But I don't love the crying [cries] when it [they] won't stop, when the emotions plunge me into the enraged sea, when the absence of myself makes me wander.
- 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime
Derived terms
- anémone de mer
- araignée de mer
- armée de mer
- bouteille à la mer
- bras de mer
- cardon de mer
- cigale de mer
- cochon de mer
- concombre de mer
- eau de mer
- écume de mer
- éléphant de mer
- étoile de mer
- fruit de mer
- haute mer
- hérisson de mer
- léopard de mer
- lis de mer
- loup de mer
- loutre de mer
- mal de mer
- mer Blanche
- mer Caspienne
- mer d'Arabie
- mer d'Aral
- mer d'Azov
- mer de Barents
- mer de Chine
- mer de Marmara
- mer de Myrto
- mer des Caraïbes
- mer d'huile
- mer d'Iroise
- mer du Japon
- mer du Nord
- mer Égée
- mer Jaune
- mer Méditerranée
- mer Morte
- ne pas être la mer à boire
- niveau de la mer
- perche de mer
- prendre la mer
- serpent de mer
- vache de mer
Related terms
- marin
- marine
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: lanmè
- Haitian Creole: lanmè
- → Volapük: mel
Further reading
- “mer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛr]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛr
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to believe, have faith in dare”).[1]
Verb
mer
- (auxiliary with an infinitive) to dare (to have the courage to do something)
- Nem merek bemenni. ― I don’t dare to enter / I daren’t enter.
Conjugation
conjugation of mer
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | merek | mersz | mer | merünk | mertek | mernek |
| Def. | merem | mered | meri | merjük | meritek | merik | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | merlek | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | mertem | mertél | mert | mertünk | mertetek | mertek | |
| Def. | mertem | merted | merte | mertük | mertétek | merték | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | mertelek | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | mernék | mernél | merne | mernénk | mernétek | mernének |
| Def. | merném | mernéd | merné | mernénk (or mernők) | mernétek | mernék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | mernélek | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | merjek | merj or merjél | merjen | merjünk | merjetek | merjenek |
| Def. | merjem | merd or merjed | merje | merjük | merjétek | merjék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | merjelek | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | merni | mernem | merned | mernie | mernünk | mernetek | merniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| merés | merő | mert | merendő | merve | merhet | |||
Derived terms
- merész
Expressions
- aki mer, az nyer
Etymology 2
From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to dive, plunge”).[2]
Verb
mer
- (transitive) to ladle, scoop (to get some liquid or grainy substance out of somewhere by turning in a bowl-shaped object and let it fill)
Conjugation
conjugation of mer
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | merek | mersz | mer | merünk | mertek | mernek |
| Def. | merem | mered | meri | merjük | meritek | merik | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | merlek | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | mertem | mertél | mert | mertünk | mertetek | mertek | |
| Def. | mertem | merted | merte | mertük | mertétek | merték | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | mertelek | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | mernék | mernél | merne | mernénk | mernétek | mernének |
| Def. | merném | mernéd | merné | mernénk (or mernők) | mernétek | mernék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | mernélek | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | merjek | merj or merjél | merjen | merjünk | merjetek | merjenek |
| Def. | merjem | merd or merjed | merje | merjük | merjétek | merjék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | merjelek | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | merni | mernem | merned | mernie | mernünk | mernetek | merniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| merés | merő | mert | merendő | merve | merhet | |||
Derived terms
- mereng
- merhető
- merít
- merül
(With verbal prefixes):
- belemer
- felmer
- kimer
- lemer
- megmer
- telemer
- visszamer
See also
- Category:Hungarian auxiliary verbs
References
- Entry #1806 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Entry #1805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
Further reading
- (to dare): mer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (to ladle): mer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɐ/
Pronoun
mer
- unstressed dative of ich.
Inflection
Hunsrik personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
| 1st person singular | ich eich | -ich | mich meich | meer | mer m'r | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du dau/Dau | -du, -de -Dau, -De | dich deich/Deich | deer | der d'r/D'r | |
| 3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
| 3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer ehr | re |
| 3rd person singular (n.) | es; das et, 't | 's | es et | -et, -'t | ihm | em |
| 1st person plural | meer | mer | uns uhs | |||
| 2nd person plural | deer Ehr, Dehr | der | eich Auch | |||
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | |
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Livonian
Alternative forms
- mie'r, meŕ (Courland)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri. Akin to Finnish meri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mer/
Noun
me'r
- sea
Declension
Declension of mer (83)
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | mer | mierūd |
| genitive (genitīv) | mier | mierūd |
| partitive (partitīv) | mīerda | meŗḑi |
| dative (datīv) | mierrõn | mierūdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | mierkõks | mierūdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | mierrõ | mierīž |
| inessive (inesīv) | miersõ | meŗši |
| elative (elatīv) | mierstõ | meŗšti |
Lolopo
Etymology
From Proto-Loloish *mo² (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂿꃅ (mo mu ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɯ²¹]
Noun
mer
- (Yao'an) sky, heaven
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɐ/
Pronoun
mer
- unstressed form of mir
Declension
Luxembourgish personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
| 1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | ||
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | ||
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||
| 3rd person singular | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |
| f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||
| n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||
| 1st person plural | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | ||
| 2nd person plural | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||
| 3rd person plural | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech | ||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun
mer f (plural mers)
- sea (large body of water)
Related terms
- marin
Descendants
- French: mer
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-Germanic *miz, dative and instrumental of *ek. Cognate with German mir, English me.
Pronoun
mer
- dative of i: me, to me
References
- “mer” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Northern Kurdish
mer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛɾ/
Noun
mer f
- spade (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- mere
Etymology
From Old Norse meiri.
Adjective
mer
- comparative degree of mye
Adverb
mer
- more; used in forming the comparative form of long/foreign adjectives
Derived terms
- mer eller mindre
See also
- meir (Nynorsk)
References
- “mer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun
mer f (oblique plural mers, nominative singular mer, nominative plural mers)
- sea (large body of water)
Related terms
- marin
Descendants
- French: mer
- Antillean Creole: lanmè
- Haitian Creole: lanmè
- → Volapük: mel
- Norman: mé (Jersey)
- Walloon: mer
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maiz.
Adverb
mēr
- more
Pennsylvania German
Etymology 1
Cognate to German wir, mir.
Pronoun
mer
- we, first person plural nominative pronoun.
Declension
Declension of mer
| Nominative | Accusative | Dative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st - Singular | ich | mich | mir mer (unstressed) |
| 2nd - Singular | du de (unstressed) | dich | dir der (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Masculine | er | ihn en (unstressed) | ihm em (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Feminine | sie se (unstressed) | sie se (unstressed) | ihre re (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Neuter | es | es | ihm em (unstressed) |
| 1st - Plural | mir mer (unstressed) | uns | uns |
| 2nd - Plural | dihr der (unstressed) | eich | eich |
| 3rd - Plural | sie | sie | ihne ne (unstressed) |
| 2nd - Polite | Sie | Sie | Ihne Ne (unstressed) |
Alternative forms
- mir
Etymology 2
Cognate to German mir.
Pronoun
mer
- me, to me, first person singular dative pronoun.
Declension
Declension of mer
| Nominative | Accusative | Dative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st - Singular | ich | mich | mir mer (unstressed) |
| 2nd - Singular | du de (unstressed) | dich | dir der (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Masculine | er | ihn en (unstressed) | ihm em (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Feminine | sie se (unstressed) | sie se (unstressed) | ihre re (unstressed) |
| 3rd - Singular Neuter | es | es | ihm em (unstressed) |
| 1st - Plural | mir mer (unstressed) | uns | uns |
| 2nd - Plural | dihr der (unstressed) | eich | eich |
| 3rd - Plural | sie | sie | ihne ne (unstressed) |
| 2nd - Polite | Sie | Sie | Ihne Ne (unstressed) |
Alternative forms
- mir
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
mer
- one, indefinite third person singular nominative pronoun.
References
- Kate Burridge, Changes with Pennsylvania German, in Ethnosyntax (2002), page 226: mer saage nett […] (we don't say […] )
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛr
- Syllabification: mer
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French maire. Doublet of major.
Noun
mer m pers
- mayor (in France and other countries, the chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc.)
Declension
Declension of mer
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mer | merowie |
| genitive | mera | merów |
| dative | merowi | merom |
| accusative | mera | merów |
| instrumental | merem | merami |
| locative | merze | merach |
| vocative | merze | merowie |
Derived terms
adjective
- merowski
noun
- merostwo
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English mer, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).
Noun
mer m inan
- (chemistry) mer, repeat unit
Declension
Declension of mer
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mer | mery |
| genitive | meru | merów |
| dative | merowi | merom |
| accusative | mer | mery |
| instrumental | merem | merami |
| locative | merze | merach |
| vocative | merze | mery |
Related terms
noun
- polimer
Further reading
- mer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Alternative forms
- mar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
Etymology
From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun
mer m (plural mers)
- (Puter) sea
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish mēr, from Old Norse meir, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːr/
audio (file)
Adjective
mer
- Comparative form of mycket, used in construction of comparative form of certain adjectives; more.
References
- mer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
- rem
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun
mer ? (plural mers)
- sea
Welsh
Adjective
mer
- Nasal mutation of ber (“short”).
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| ber | fer | mer | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||