Mercedes

Mercedes

See also: mercedes and Mercédès

English

Etymology

From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.[1]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɚˈseɪdiz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈseɪdiz/

Proper noun

Mercedes (countable and uncountable, plural Mercedes)

1. A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.
2. A place name:
   1. A city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
   2. A city, the capital of the Mercedes department, Corrientes province, Argentina.
   3. A department of Corrientes province, Argentina.
   4. A district of Heredia canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica.
   5. A municipality in Camarines Norte province, Philippines.
   6. A municipality in Eastern Samar province, Philippines.
   7. A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.
   8. A city, the capital of the Soriano department, Uruguay.

Derived terms

• Villa Mercedes

Translations

female given name

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: مرسيدس‎ f (marsīdis) Catalan: Mercè f Chinese: Mandarin: 梅塞德斯 (Méisāidésī) Finnish: Mercedes Hindi: मर्सिडीज़ (marsiḍīz) Hungarian: Mercédesz (hu) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: Мерсе́дес (ru) f (Mɛrsɛ́dɛs) Spanish: Mercedes (es) f

Noun

Mercedes (plural Mercedes)

1. Clipping of Mercedes-Benz, a car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz.

   Synonyms: Benz, Mercedes-Benz

Derived terms

• Merc (abbreviation)

Translations

short form of Mercedes Benz

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: مرسيدس‎ f (marsīdis) Chinese: Mandarin: 奔馳／奔驰 (zh) (Bēnchí), 賓士／宾士 (Bīnshì), 平治 (zh) (Píngzhì), 朋馳／朋驰 (Péngchí) Finnish: Mersu French: Mercedes (fr) f (Europe), Mercedes (fr) m (Canada) Galician: Mercedes (gl) m Georgian: მერსედესი (mersedesi) German: Mercedes (de) m Hindi: मर्सिडीज़ (marsiḍīz) Italian: Mercedes m Japanese: メルセデス (Merusedesu), ベンツ (Bentsu) Korean: 메르세데스 (Mereusedeseu), 벤츠 (ko) (Bencheu) Macedonian: Мерце́дес m (Mercédes), Ме́чка f (Méčka), Ме́рџо n (Mérdžo) Polish: Mercedes (pl) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Romanian: Mercedes n, merțan n (slang) Russian: Мерседе́с (ru) m (Mɛrsɛdɛ́s), Мерс m (Mers) (colloquial) Serbo-Croatian: Mercedes (sh) m Swedish: Merca (sv) Turkish: Mercedes

References

1. Michelle Krebs (2001-10-19), “Her Name Still Rings A Bell”, in New York Times‎: “Jellinek agreed to order 36 cars if they bore the name of his daughter -- and if the factory gave him an exclusive sales agency for America and parts of Europe. Daimler agreed.”

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mercedes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.se.dɛs/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /mɛːʁsedaɪ̯s/

Noun

Mercedes m or f (plural Mercedes)

1. Mercedes (car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz)

Derived terms

• Merco (abbreviation)

Proper noun

Mercedes f

1. Alternative spelling of Mercédès

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German

Etymology

Ellipsis of Mercedes-Benz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁˈt͡seːdəs/
• Hyphenation: Mer‧ce‧des

Noun

Mercedes m (strong, genitive Mercedes, plural Mercedesse)

1. (automotive) Mercedes (car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz)

   Synonym: Benz

2. (by extension, informal) cream of the crop
   • 2013, Karl Wolfgang Biehusen, Baedeker Reiseführer Madrid, Baedeker, →ISBN, page 93:

     Der Mercedes unter den spanischen Schinken ist der Ibérico de Bellota.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2021 November 22, quoting Jens Spahn, but only indirectly, “Jens Spahn (CDU): Moderna als »guter, sicherer und sehr wirksamer Impfstoff«”, in Der Spiegel‎, ISSN 2195-1349:

     Die Vakzine von Biontech sei der Mercedes und die von Moderna der Rolls-Royce.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Declension of Mercedes [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mercedes	die	Mercedesse
genitive	eines	des	Mercedes	der	Mercedesse
dative	einem	dem	Mercedes	den	Mercedessen
accusative	einen	den	Mercedes	die	Mercedesse

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Spanish

Etymology

From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meɾˈθedes/ [meɾˈθe.ð̞es]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /meɾˈsedes/ [meɾˈse.ð̞es]
• Rhymes: -edes
• Syllabification: Mer‧ce‧des

Proper noun

Mercedes f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mercy (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy)

Descendants

• → English: Mercedes
• → French: Mercédès, Mercedes
• → German: Mercedes