mercantil
Catalan
Adjective
mercantil (masculine and feminine plural mercantils)
- mercantile
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meh.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meχ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtil/ [mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
- Hyphenation: mer‧can‧til
Adjective
mercantil m or f (plural mercantis)
- (economics) mercantile (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Romanian
Etymology
From French mercantile.
Adjective
mercantil m or n (feminine singular mercantilă, masculine plural mercantili, feminine and neuter plural mercantile)
- mercantile
Declension
Declension of mercantil
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | mercantil | mercantilă | mercantili | mercantile | ||
| definite | mercantilul | mercantila | mercantilii | mercantilele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | mercantil | mercantile | mercantili | mercantile | ||
| definite | mercantilului | mercantilei | mercantililor | mercantilelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
From mercante (“merchant, mercantile”) + -il.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾkanˈtil/ [meɾ.kãn̪ˈt̪il]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: mer‧can‧til
Adjective
mercantil (plural mercantiles)
- mercantile
Derived terms
- derecho mercantil
- mercantilizar
- registro mercantil
Related terms
- mercader
- mercado
- mercar
Further reading
- “mercantil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014