mercader
Catalan
Etymology
From mercat (“market”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /məɾ.kəˈde/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mər.kəˈde/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /meɾ.kaˈdeɾ/
- Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
Noun
mercader m (plural mercaders, feminine mercadera)
- merchant
Derived terms
- mercaderia
Descendants
- Spanish: mercader
Further reading
- “mercader” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mercader”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “mercader” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mercader” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan mercader, the native formation being mercadero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾkaˈdeɾ/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: mer‧ca‧der
Noun
mercader m (plural mercaderes, feminine mercader or mercadera, feminine plural mercaderes or mercaderas)
- merchant (person who traffics in commodities for profit)
- Synonym: mercante
Derived terms
- mercadería f
- mercaderil
Related terms
- mercado
- mercantil
- mercar
Further reading
- “mercader”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014