merci
See also: Merci, mērci, and merçi
English
Etymology
French merci (“thank you”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛːˈsiː/ or as French
Interjection
merci
- (colloquial) thank you
- 2005, Victoria Laurie, A Vision of Murder: A Psychic Eye Mystery, →ISBN:
- Rebecca Rosen, merci for helping me to understand that connection between you and The Other Side, and making the character of Theresa come alive.
- 2008, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile, →ISBN:
- "Improve the roads! Merci for the reception!" With this insouciant remark and the banner he affixed to his automobile that read "Auto rally against roadlessness and slovenliness!"
- 2014, Art Wiederhold, Hunter: Quebec, →ISBN:
- “Merci, Bob. I'll inform Lauren,” Bergere said as he hurried out of the office.
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Noun
merci (plural mercis)
- An extra card or set of cards that is allowed to play at the end of various card games.
- 1995, Peter Arnold, The Book of Card Games, →ISBN, page 15:
- Few games are won without the merci. In the final deal a King above a card of the same suit automatically blocks the game, and the merci should be used to free such a card.
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Anagrams
- CRIME, REMIC, crime
Alemannic German
Etymology
Borrowed from French merci.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛrsi/
Interjection
merci
- thank you
Synonyms
- dankche
- fergälts Got
- tank
- vrattrus Got
- wol vergelzgott
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French merci.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾ.si/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.si/
Interjection
merci
- (colloquial) thank you
Synonyms
- gràcies
- mercès
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French merci.
Interjection
merci
- (chiefly Belgium) thank you
- Synonyms: dank, dank je, dank je wel, dank u, dank u wel, bedankt
Noun
merci f (plural mercis, diminutive mercikes n)
- (chiefly Belgium) thank you
- Synonyms: dank, dankjewel, dankuwel
French
Etymology
From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem, accusative singular of mercēs (“wages, fee, price”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁ.si/
- (France, Paris) IPA(key): [mɛʁ.si]
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [mæ(ɾ).si]
- Homophone: mercis
Interjection
merci
- thank you
- merci pour ton aide
- thank you for your help
Noun
merci f (uncountable)
- mercy, grace
Derived terms
- à la merci de
- Dieu merci
- merci beaucoup
- merci mille fois
- mille mercis
- sans merci
- taillable et corvéable à merci
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: merci
- → Arabic: مرسي (mersī, “thanks (colloquial)”)
- → Armenian: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
- → Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)
- → Catalan: merci
- → German: merci
- → Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
- → Japanese: メルシー (merushī)
- → Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)
- Louisiana Creole French: mèsi, mærsi
- → Luxembourgish: merci
- → Romanian: mersi
- → Russian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)
- → Turkish: mersi
Further reading
- “merci”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cimer, crime
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French merci.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁˈsiː/
- (Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/
Audio (file)
Interjection
merci
- (chiefly Switzerland) thank you
- Synonyms: danke, danke schön, ich danke schön
Further reading
- “merci” in Duden online
- “merci” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.t͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -ɛrtʃi
- Hyphenation: mèr‧ci
Noun
merci f
- plural of merce
Anagrams
- cremi, crime
Latin
Noun
mercī
- dative singular of merx
Norman
Alternative forms
- mercie (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French merci (“mercy; clemency”), from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).
Interjection
merci
- (Guernsey) thank you
Derived terms
- mercie bian (“thank you very much”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- mercit (archaic)
- merchit, merchi (northern)
Etymology
From Latin mercēdem.
Pronunciation
- (archaic) IPA(key): /mɛrˈtsiθ/, (northern) /mɛrˈtʃiθ/
- (classical) IPA(key): /mɛrˈtsi/, (northern) /mɛrˈtʃi/
- (late) IPA(key): /mɛrˈsi/, (northern) /mɛrˈʃi/
Noun
merci f (nominative singular merci)
- mercy; clemency
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- Se vos metez an sa merci
Nus (fors le conte qui est ci)
de vos n'i a mort desservie
ja ne perdroiz manbre ne vie- If you throw yourselves on his mercy
None (apart from the count who is here)
of you deserve death;
you will lose neither life nor limb
- If you throw yourselves on his mercy
- 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16-17:
- ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
a tun commandement merci auvrunt- this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
upon your command will have mercy
- this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
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Descendants
- French: merci
- Norman: merci
- → Middle English: merci
- English: mercy
References
- merci on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub