mero
English
Etymology 1
Spanish mero
Noun
mero (plural meros)
- Any of several large groupers of warm seas.
Related terms
- mero de lo alto
- mero cabrolla
Noun
mero (plural meros)
- (medicine, colloquial) Meropenem.
Anagrams
- -more, More, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, moer, more, omer
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmero]
- Rhymes: -ero
- Hyphenation: me‧ro
Noun
mero (accusative singular meron, plural meroj, accusative plural merojn)
- (chemistry) -mer
Derived terms
- dimero
- elastomero
- elastopolimero
- heteropolimero
- homopolimero
- malpolimerigi
- monomero
- oligomero
- polimerazo
- polimereco
- polimerigi
- polimero
- tetramero
- trimero
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps of local Celtic origin, related to *mrktilos (“speckled”) which originates a number of names of fish in Brittonic languages;[1] in that case, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“dark, coloured”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾo̝/
Noun
mero m (plural meros)
- grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
- Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra
- Item, the pound of turbots and of grouper fish, six diñeiros each pound
- Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
Synonyms
- cherna
Derived terms
- mero de altura
References
- “mero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mero” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mero” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “mero I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Hiri Motu
Noun
mero (plural memero)
- boy
- bachelor
Ingrian
Etymology
From meri (“sea”) + -o.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmero/, [ˈme̞ro̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeroi̯/, [ˈme̞ro̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
- Hyphenation: me‧ro
Noun
mero
- (folk poetic) Synonym of meri
Declension
| Declension of mero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mero | merot |
| genitive | meron | merroin, meroloin |
| partitive | merroa | meroja, meroloja |
| illative | merroo | merroi, meroloihe |
| inessive | meros | merois, merolois |
| elative | merost | meroist, meroloist |
| allative | merolle | meroille, meroloille |
| adessive | merol | meroil, meroloil |
| ablative | merolt | meroilt, meroloilt |
| translative | meroks | meroiks, meroloiks |
| essive | meronna, merroon | meroinna, meroloinna, merroin, meroloin |
| exessive1) | meront | meroint, meroloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 306
Italian
Etymology
From Latin merus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɛro
- Hyphenation: mè‧ro
Adjective
mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meri, feminine plural mere)
- pure, simple, sheer
Derived terms
- meramente
Anagrams
- Remo, Rome, ermo, more, orme, remo, remò
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.roː/, [ˈmɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ro/, [ˈmɛːro]
Noun
merō
- dative/ablative singular of merum
Adjective
merō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of merus
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maizô, whence also Old Saxon mēro, Old English māra, Dutch meer, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).
Adverb
mēro
- more
Descendants
- Middle High German: mēr, mēre
- Alemannic German: meer
- German: mehr
- Yiddish: מער (mer)
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō (“more”), see also Old English māra, Old Frisian māra, Dutch meer, Old High German mēro, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).
Adverb
mēro
- more
Descendants
- Low German: mehr
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin merus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: me‧ro
Adjective
mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras)
- mere (no more than)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɾo/ [ˈme.ɾo]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: me‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin merus.
Adjective
mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras)
- mere
- la mera presencia de alguien ― someone's mere presence
- Lo enfurece la mera existencia de la cerveza sin alcohol.
- The mere existence of non-alcoholic beer infuriates him.
- pure
- Synonym: puro
Etymology 2
Possibly loaned from Catalan nero, from Latin Nero, compared to the Roman emperor for its fierceness. Compare Old Occitan mero(n).
Noun
mero m (plural meros)
- grouper (fish)
Derived terms
- mero murique
Descendants
- → English: mero
Further reading
- “mero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014