Meri
See also: meri, méri, mëri, and měri
English
Proper noun
Meri
- A language of Cameroon.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Meri, meq
Proper noun
Meri
- A diminutive of the female given name Merida.
Anagrams
- IMer, Meir, Mire, Remi, emir, mire, reim, riem, rime
Estonian
Etymology
From meri (“sea”).
Proper noun
Meri
- a surname
Finnish
Etymology
From meri (“sea”) at the end of the 19th century. The given name is also a variant of Meeri, from English Mary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
- Rhymes: -eri
- Syllabification(key): Me‧ri
Proper noun
Meri
- a female given name
- a Finnish surname from landscape
Declension
As a given name:
| Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Meri | Merit | |
| genitive | Merin | Merien | |
| partitive | Meriä | Merejä | |
| illative | Meriin | Mereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Meri | Merit | |
| accusative | nom. | Meri | Merit |
| gen. | Merin | ||
| genitive | Merin | Merien | |
| partitive | Meriä | Merejä | |
| inessive | Merissä | Mereissä | |
| elative | Meristä | Mereistä | |
| illative | Meriin | Mereihin | |
| adessive | Merillä | Mereillä | |
| ablative | Meriltä | Mereiltä | |
| allative | Merille | Mereille | |
| essive | Merinä | Mereinä | |
| translative | Meriksi | Mereiksi | |
| instructive | — | Merein | |
| abessive | Merittä | Mereittä | |
| comitative | — | Mereineen | |
| Possessive forms of Meri (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Merini | Merimme |
| 2nd person | Merisi | Merinne |
| 3rd person | Merinsä | |
As a surname:
| Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Meri | Meret | |
| genitive | Meren | Merien Merten | |
| partitive | Merta | Meriä | |
| illative | Mereen | Meriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Meri | Meret | |
| accusative | nom. | Meri | Meret |
| gen. | Meren | ||
| genitive | Meren | Merien Merten | |
| partitive | Merta | Meriä | |
| inessive | Meressä | Merissä | |
| elative | Merestä | Meristä | |
| illative | Mereen | Meriin | |
| adessive | Merellä | Merillä | |
| ablative | Mereltä | Meriltä | |
| allative | Merelle | Merille | |
| essive | Merenä | Merinä | |
| translative | Mereksi | Meriksi | |
| instructive | — | Merin | |
| abessive | Merettä | Merittä | |
| comitative | — | Merineen | |
| Possessive forms of Meri (type uni) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Mereni | Meremme |
| 2nd person | Meresi | Merenne |
| 3rd person | Merensä | |
Maori
Proper noun
Meri
- Mary (biblical)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Related terms
- Mere (more common given name form)
Marshallese
Etymology
From English Mary.
Proper noun
Meri
- (bibilical, given name) Mary
Romanian
Etymology
From meri, plural of măr (“apple tree”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Meri m
- A village in Drăgănești, Prahova, Romania
- A village in Vedea, Teleorman, Romania