Merc

See also: merc

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Meroitic Cursive or French cursif méroïtique.

Symbol

Merc

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Meroitic Cursive.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /mɜːk/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /mɝk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Etymology 1

Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.

Noun

Merc (plural Mercs)

2. (slang, especially UK, Commonwealth) A Mercedes-Benz automobile.

   His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs.

   • 2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:

     Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc

Translations

Translations

Estonian: mersu, Mersu Finnish: Mersu French: Merco (fr) f German: Benz m, Daimler m Hungarian: Merci Polish: merc (pl) m Russian: мерс (ru) m (mers) Swedish: Merca (sv) c Vietnamese: Mẹc

Etymology 2

Clipping of Mercury.

Noun

Merc (plural Mercs)

2. (especially US, dated) A Ford-Mercury automobile

   a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8

4. (numismatic slang) Clipping of Mercury dime.
   • 2002 October 9, UsterDay72, “Your First Time (on topic :) and long”, in rec.collecting.coins‎ (Usenet), retrieved 3 January 2023:

     When I was 4 years old, my mother saved dimes, mostly Mercury Dimes, and periodically rolled them and took them to the bank. At that age, I once swallowed a Merc as I awoke from a nap after having spilled the contents of my piggy bank on to my bed. I woke up with something in my mouth and half asleep, I swallowed it...painful though it was and I can still remember it vividly 53 years later!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Merc.

Further reading

• Mercury (automobile) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MCRE, crem