-mer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mer"

English

Alternative forms

• -mere

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Suffix

-mer

1. (chemistry) Used to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts).

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -mer

allomer

amplimer

anomer

aptamer

coatomer

concatamer

concatemer

cyclomer

decamer

dendrimer

dimer

dodecamer

duodecamer

dysomeria

eicosamer

elastomer

enantiomer

epimer

gapmer

heptadecamer

heptamer

hexadecamer

hexamer

homomer

intrahexamer

invertomer

ionomer

isomer

kmer

metamer

monomer

multimer

nonamer

octamer

oligomer

pentadecamer

pentamer

peplomer

phytomer

polymer

quadrimer

quadromer

regiomer

schizomer

tautomer

tetramer

thiomer

tridecamer

trimer

vitamer

Translations

Translations

Polish: -mer (pl) m Portuguese: -mero m

Anagrams

• EMR, ERM, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, erm, rem

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)der.

Polish -mer

Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-mer m inan

1. -mere

   ‎blasto- + ‎-mer → ‎blastomer

2. -mer

   ‎poli- + ‎-mer → ‎polimer

Declension

Declension of -mer

	singular	plural
nominative	-mer	-mery
genitive	-meru	-merów
dative	-merowi	-merom
accusative	-mer	-mery
instrumental	-merem	-merami
locative	-merze	-merach
vocative	-merze	-mery

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -mer

blastomer

izomer

Further reading

• -mer in Polish dictionaries at PWN