mercante
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mercans, mercantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /merˈkan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: mer‧càn‧te
Noun
mercante m (plural mercanti, feminine mercantessa)
- merchant, dealer, trader, monger
- Synonym: commerciante
Derived terms
- mercanteggiare
- mercantesco
- mercantile
Related terms
- mercato
- merce
- commercio
Anagrams
- canterem, cremante, marcente
Latin
Participle
mercante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mercāns
Spanish
Adjective
mercante (plural mercantes)
- merchant
Noun
mercante m or f (plural mercantes)
- merchant
Derived terms
- marino mercante
Further reading
- “mercante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014