mercuur
Dutch
Etymology
From Mercuur (“Mercury”), from Latin Mercurius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛrˈkyːr/
- Hyphenation: mer‧cuur
- Rhymes: -yːr
Noun
mercuur m (plural mercuren, diminutive mercuurtje n)
- (historical) early type of newspaper/magazine, from the seventeenth or eighteenth century (originally centred on factual reporting, later on becoming a satirical magazine)
- (uncommon, archaic) mercury (metal, element)